Rolls-Royce, Delta Air Lines awards $5bn Trent order for 50 aircraft

Rolls-Royce has won a $5bn order for Trent engines and long-term TotalCare® service support from Delta Air Lines to power 50 new aircraft.

Trent XWB engines will power 25 Airbus A350s and Trent 7000 engines will power 25 Airbus A330neo aircraft.

The Trent 7000 brings together experience from the Trent 700, the engine of choice for the current A330; architecture from the Trent 1000-TEN, the latest version of the Trent 1000 engine and latest technology from the Trent XWB.

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