Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY) today welcomes an order for 50 Trent XWB engines that will power 25 Airbus A350-1000s. At the same time, a Memorandum of Understanding was also signed for Rolls-Royce’s comprehensive TotalCare service that will cover the health and maintenance of the engines.
Riyadh Air is the new national carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The order will help fulfil Riyadh Air’s ambitions to fly to more than 100 global destinations by 2030.
Rob Watson, President, Civil Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, said: We’re looking forward to supporting the significant growth ambitions of Riyadh Air in its launch year. The Trent XWB-97 is an incredible engine and our TotalCare package will provide operational certainty across the fleet.
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Download free sample pages More information“The engine will benefit from the £1bn investment we’re making to the Trent engine family that improves their durability and efficiency across all operations. We look forward to supporting these new aircraft as they enter service.”
Riyadh Air CFO, Adam Boukadida said: "The growth of Riyadh Air is of critical importance to the development of Saudi Arabia as an aviation hub, and selecting world-class companies like Rolls-Royce to power our future Airbus large wide-body fleet ensures we have the right partners in place to achieve our ambitions."
“This MoU for 50 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines to power our fleet of Airbus A350-1000 aircraft is hugely significant as it brings us closer to realizing our long-term vision of enhanced connectivity for Riyadh. Our goal is to deliver an unrivalled guest experience, linked to a world-class network and provide our guests with unlimited options to fly direct to major global cities.”
The Trent XWB-97 has proven its reliability and durability over seven years of service and more than three million engine flying hours. As versatile as it is reliable, the Trent XWB has already shown it is equally efficient at powering short-haul or long-haul flights, which makes it the ideal solution for passenger and freighter operators with a varied network.
Rolls-Royce is investing more than £1bn in a programme that will deliver further improvements to the Trent engine family. For the Trent XWB-97, it’s receiving a technology package that extends time on wing across all operations as well as doubling time on wing on the harshest of missions.
TotalCare is designed to provide operational certainty for customers by transferring time on wing and maintenance cost risk back to Rolls-Royce. This industry-leading premium service offering is supported by data delivered through the Rolls-Royce advanced engine health monitoring system, which helps provide customers with increased operational availability, reliability and efficiency.
