Rolls bags $1bn-plus order
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Aero engine manufacturer and one of the UK's biggest and most prestigious manufacturers, Rolls-Royce will be welcoming news today (9 November) of a $1bn-plus order from China following the dent made in its reputation following last week's Qantas Airbus 380 incident.
The company announced an order worth $1.2bn from China Eastern Airlines for Trent 700 engines (pictured) to power 16 Airbus A330 aircraft.
Rolls-Royce and China Eastern Airlines have also formed a Carbon Partnership, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 190,000 tonnes in its first year. The partnership will see Rolls-Royce provide a fuel management service for the airline's fleet of more than 300 aircraft. It will also supply enhanced performance kits to upgrade the Trent 700 engines on China Eastern Airlines' 20 existing A330s.
China Eastern, which will bring its new A330s into service from 2011, was the first airline in mainland China to use Trent technology when it received Trent 500 engines for its Airbus A340 aircraft in 2003.
Yesterday Rolls-Royce announced that it was making progress in understanding the cause of the engine failure on the Trent 900 powered A380 Qantas flight QF32 on 4 November 2010 – an incident it said was specific to the Trent 900 engine.
