TUI Travel orders Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines

Monday, 19 September 2011
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract from leisure travel company TUI Travel PLC to provide Trent 700 engines to power two Airbus A330 aircraft which will also be covered by TotalCare® long-term support services.

The aircraft will be operated by TUI’s subsidiary Corsairfly and the contract also includes TotalCare® services for two additional A330s already in service with the airline.

Jacqui Sutton, Rolls-Royce, Civil Aerospace Senior Vice President – Customer Business, said: “The Trent 700 is a clear market leader.It is the most efficient engine on the A330, a position maintained by our constant investment in new technology. That technology, with comprehensive TotalCare® support, will deliver significant benefits to Corsairfly.

Pascal de Izaguirre, Managing Director, Corsairfly said: “The Trent 700 has already proven itself on our existing A330-200s and this order is a sign of our continued confidence in Rolls-Royce product and services.”

The Trent 700 is the only engine specifically designed for the Airbus A330 and is the most fuel efficient, cleanest and quietest engine for the aircraft. It incorporates technology from the later Trent 900 and Trent 1000 engines, which has improved its fuel efficiency by a further one per cent.

More than 1,300 Trent 700 engines are now in service or on firm order and in the last three years the engine has captured more than 75 per cent of orders.

The aircraft are due to be delivered in 2012.