Rolls Royce : welcomes Iran Air aircraft selection

Friday, 29 January 2016

Rolls-Royce welcomes the decision by Iran Air to acquire 18 Airbus A330neo and 16 A350-1000 aircraft, which are powered exclusively by the Trent 7000 and Trent XWB engines respectively.

In addition, Rolls-Roycelooks forward to having the opportunity to provide engines for 27 A330ceo and 12 A380 aircraft that Iran Air is also to acquire.

Dominic Horwood, Rolls-Royce, Director, Customers & Services - Civil Aerospace, said: 'We welcome this decision by Iran Air to select Rolls-Roycepowered aircraft and, consistent with the improved regulatory environment that now exists, we look forward to supporting the modernisation of commercial aviation in Iran.'

The Trent 7000, the exclusive power plant for the Airbus A330neo, is the seventh member of the Trent family which has become the engine of choice in the wide body market over the last 20 years. The Trent 7000 is scheduled to enter service in 2017.

The Trent XWB, the world's most efficient large aero engine, is the fastest-selling wide-body engine with more than 1,500 engines sold to 41 customers. The A350-1000 is powered by the higher thrust version of the engine, the Trent XWB-97.

1. 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.
2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 380 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
3. Annual underlying revenue was £14.6 billion in 2014, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £76.5 billion at 30 June 2015.
4. In 2014, 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.
5. Rolls-Royce employs over 54,000 people in more than 50 countries. Over 15,500 of these are engineers.
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