Rolls-Royce secures £600m order
DERBY aero engine-maker Rolls-Royce has secured an order worth more than £600m to supply engines to Saudi Arabian Airlines.
The airline has placed the order for Trent 700 engines, which are built at Rolls-Royce's civil aerospace division in Sinfin, to power up to 12 Airbus A330 aircraft.
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The order, announced this morning(8), will see Rolls-Royce supply engines for eight aircraft, with an option on a further four.
The contract, which includes a long-term service agreement, is for the Trent 700EP - the enhancement performance variant of the engine, which gives out lower emissions.
Saudi Arabian airlines will begin receiving the engines at the start of next year.
It is the first time that the airline has selected Trent engines.
5 Comments
by Anonymous, derby
Wednesday, April 08 2009, 11:50AM
“so they get a big contract like this and still make people redundant, this company makes me sick!”
by Anonymous, derby
Wednesday, April 08 2009, 11:37AM
“so they get a big contract like this and still make people redundant, this company makes me sick!”
by Anonymous, derby
Wednesday, April 08 2009, 11:36AM
“so they get a big contract like this but still make people redundent, it makes me sick!”
by Hardeep, Sinfin
Wednesday, April 08 2009, 11:35AM
“Isn't it a coincidence that Rolls Royce always secure a big order soon after redundancies have been made?”
by Hardeep, Sinfin
Wednesday, April 08 2009, 11:34AM
“Isn't it funny that when ever Rolls Royce make redundancies they always get a big order confirmed shortly afterwards?
Strange that”