Air India is the first Indian airline to order the Trent XWB, and the size of the order, including options, makes them the world’s largest operator of the Trent XWB-97
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Makeen and Rolls Royce signs MoU for high-speed engine manufacturing in Saudi Arabia
The partnership also aims to provide local lifetime product support
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Video: How aircraft engines are tested before production
Most of us don’t give aircraft engines much thought. Sometimes, when you’re in the sky, you see the engines hanging under the wing and maybe ponder the sheer improbability of physics and everything holding together at 37,000 feet.
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Mubadala unit wins $6.5bn engines deal from Rolls-Royce
Sanad Aerotech will maintain 75 Trent 700 engines a year over nine years under the deal with Rolls-Royce
A380
The end of the A380 affair
Emirates Airline signalled the final curtain for the huge aircraft when it halted orders on Valentine’s Day
Airbus
Emirates reportedly takes delivery of previously refused A380
In an October earnings update, Airbus said it was working to resolve “certain commercial challenges” on the supply of an aircraft to a customer
Airbus
Massive Airbus delivery challenge gets tougher with Rolls-Royce delays
The European planemaker is targeting deliveries of around 800 commercial aircraft this year, an 11 percent jump from 2017
Airbus
Emirates deal for more A380s said to hit impasse
Sources say $16 billion accord with Airbus has hit a snag over engine performance
aircraft
Some Boeing Dreamliners warned to stay within an hour of airports due to engine concerns
Approximately 25% of 787 Dreamliners are powered by the Trent 1000 Rolls-Royce engines