Rolls-Royce has won its largest ever order, worth $9.2bn, to provide Trent 900 engines and TotalCare®service support to Emirates Airline.
The engines will power Emirates's 50 Airbus A380 aircraft that will enter service from 2016.
The order will increase Trent 900's market share to more than 50 per cent, beating the only other engine choice of Engine Allaince GP7200 turbofan.
The Trent 900 powered the first
commercial A380 flight in 2007 and is now used by eight operators on more than 70 aircraft, having logged over 4 million in-service flight hours. The engine
offers the lowest lifetime fuel burn, with the
latest version including technology developed for the Trent XWB and Trent 1000 engines.
The Trent 900 family comes in two thrust ratings for the A380, 310 kN (70,000 lbf) and 320 kN (72,000 lbf). The Trent 900 is also certified for 77k and 80k pounds of thrust.
Trent 900 is a three-shaft high bypass ratio turbofan engine with a length of 5.48 m and diameter of 2.95 m and have a dry weight of 6,246 kg (13,770 lb).
The deal will secure
jobs across Rolls-Royce’s supply chain, from Bristol to Scotland. It will further support trade ties between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, building on the estimated $13.4 billion (€12.7 billion) of bilateral trade recorded in 2013.
Emirates’ investment in the Airbus A380 programme has had a significant impact on the UK and wider European economies. A recent Frontier
Economics report identified that in 2013/14 Emirates’ investment in the A380 created 7,000 UK jobs, equating to a $630 million (€595 million) GDP contribution. Across the EU, Emirates’ 140 A380 orders are estimated to have supported 41,000 jobs, equivalent to a massive $3.6 billion (€3.4 billion) GDP.
Emirates’ currently has 60 A380s in operation, with a further 80 on order, making Emirates by far the largest purchaser of the aircraft. Since its introduction in 2008, over 36 million of the airline’s passengers have flown on the aircraft.
