The deal is for the enhanced performance version of the Trent 700 engine, which is produced at Rolls-Royce's civil aerospace plant at Sinfin.
The engines will power seven Airbus A330 aircraft and the deal includes a TotalCare agreement, which will see Rolls-Royce maintain the engines throughout their service life.
Delivery of the engines will start next year.
Notes: Sinfin is now a southern suburb of Derby, but historically it was a separate village. It contains both the main centre of Rolls-Royce, on Nightingale Road, and the housing developments of new Sinfin, which merge imperceptibly with those at Stenson Fields, over the city boundary.
Shopping: Sinfin also has a shopping centre. This houses a travel agent, a library, an Asda supermarket and a newsagents, chemists, among other outlets.
Churches: There is a Roman Catholic church, a church centre and, at the older part of Sinfin, St Stephen’s church.
Pubs: There are a number of pubs in Sinfin: the Ferrers Arms, the County and the Oast House, the Cock and Bull (originally the Sinfin Hotel, later the Saxon Arms) and the Grampian.
Transport: Sinfin has an excellent daytime bus service to Derby and, while buses are a bit few and far between in the evenings and on Sundays, at least there are some.
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