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British Airways has selected Rolls-Royce Trent engines to power up to 61 new long haul aircraft that it will acquire from Airbus and Boeing.
Several Rolls-Royce engine programs serving the corporate and regional aircraft market celebrate significant milestones in 2007.
CorporateCare®, the Rolls-Royce business jet engine service program, continues to set new benchmarks in marketplace acceptance.
Rolls-Royce and Cessna Aircraft today celebrated the delivery of the 5000th Citation business jet in a ceremony at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Several Rolls-Royce engine programs serving the corporate and regional aircraft market celebrate significant milestones in 2007. The BR710 engine has surpassed two million engine hours in its 10th year of service and the Tay 611-8 engine, marking its 20th year in service, has achieved more than five million engine hours in corporate operation. Additionally, the AE 3007C engine, powering the Cessna Citation X, passed the two million flying hours mark late last year.
Rolls-Royce and Avianca celebrated the selection of Trent engines to power up to 30 widebody jets from Airbus and Boeing in a ceremony this evening in Bogota, Colombia.
Rolls-Royce will take a share of around $110 million from an order for V2500 engines from Singapore-based BOC Aviation.
Rolls-Royce has signed a new engine overhaul agreement with Icelandair, covering the RB211-535s which power the airline's fleet of 21 Boeing 757s.
Rolls-Royce has won business worth up to $400 million as its share of an order for V2500 engines and aftermarket services from Singapore’s Tiger Airways.
American Airlines and Rolls-Royce today celebrated the 1,500th engine to come through the joint venture maintenance and repair facility, Texas Aero Engine Service Ltd (TAESL) in Fort Worth, Texas.
