Rolls Royce : Gulf Air awards Rolls-Royce $900m contract for Trent 1000 engines

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Left to right: Jamal Hashim, Gulf Air, Chief Technical Officer, Maher Salman Al Musallam, Gulf Air, Chief Executive Officer, Eric Schulz, Rolls-Royce, President - Civil Aerospace, Peter Dunsford, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President - Customers, Civil Aerospace.

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier, has awarded Rolls-Roycea $900m contract for Trent 1000 engines to power 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The contract also includes long-term TotalCare service support.

In addition, Gulf Air also has the option to purchase the same engine to power six further Boeing 787-9s.

The aircraft all form part of Gulf Air's recently announced widebody aircraft orders, geared towards facilitating long term expansion capabilities for the airline's future network requirement.

Mr. Maher Salman Al Musallam, Gulf Air, Chief Executive Officer, said: 'Gulf Air's current widebody fleet is also powered by Trent 700 engines and, with this latest development, we look forward to continuing our longstanding relationship with Rolls-Royceas we take an important step forward in developing our future fleet. We have experience of the Trent engine and its durability and resilience in a variety of operating conditions and we are confident the Trent 1000 will deliver the same outstanding performance.'

Eric Schulz, Rolls-Royce, President - Civil Aerospace, said: 'We are proud to be selected by a valued customer such as Gulf Air and this marks a significant success for the Trent 1000. It has developed a real momentum in the marketplace, winning more than 60 per cent of engine competitions in the last six years.'

The signing was witnessed by Bahrain's Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications H.E. Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, H.E. Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to United Kingdom and British Ambassador to Bahrain, Simon Martin.

Rolls-Royce powered the very first Boeing 787 test flight in December 2009, the first 787-8 to enter service in October 2011, and the first 787-9 to enter service, in 2014.

About Rolls-RoyceHoldings plc

1. The order announced today will result in an increase in the Group's order book of $600m, in accordance with Group policy.
2. Rolls-Royce's vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
3. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
4. We have three common themes across all our businesses:
   • Investing in and developing engineering excellence
   • Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities and processes
   • Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into the future.
5. Annual underlying revenue was £13.4 billion in 2015, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £76.4 billion at the end of 2015.
6. In 2015, Rolls-Royceinvested £1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royceengineers at the forefront of scientific research.
7. Rolls-Royce employs over 50,000 people in more than 46 countries. Nearly 15,700 of these are engineers.
8. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2015 we employed 228 graduates and 277 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes.

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