Monday, June 20, 2011

Rolls-Royce wins $2.2 bn Brazil engine order (AFP)

PARIS (AFP) ? Rolls-Royce said on Monday it had won an order worth $2.2 billion to supply its Trent XWB jet engines to power the Airbus A350 long-haul planes bought by Brazil's TAM airlines.

The contract includes engine maintenance work over a period of 12 years on the 27 A350s ordered by TAM.

The Trent XWB is a new specially designed engine, offering 25 percent better fuel efficiency compared with its predecessors, Rolls-Royce said in a statement at the Paris International Air Show.

The latest deal brought the number ordered to more than 1,100 with 36 clients, providing work through to 2020, it added.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110620/wl_uk_afp/francebritainaerospaceshowrollsroyce

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