Rolls-Royce secure deals for 142 aircraft engines

Rolls-Royce has secured multiple contracts to supply more than 140 aircraft engines.

The Derby-based firm's civil aerospace division will build 90 Trent XWB-97 engines, 40 Trent 7000 engines and 12 Trent XWB-84 engines for companies across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Rolls-Royce said the deals followed a £1bn investment to the Trent engine family aimed at improving their durability and efficiency.

Speaking at the 2025 International Paris Air Show, Ewen McDonald, chief customer officer for the firm's civil aerospace division, said the contracts would help to safeguard jobs in Derby.

"The opportunity at the moment in the market is very buoyant," said Mr McDonald.

"It's always nice to see Rolls-Royce being successful and that we're filling the factory up with these engines for many years to come.

"It's lots of work for many years and a lot of these orders go out into the 2030s."

Mr McDonald added there were still some orders placed at the Paris Air Show that were yet to be announced.

• AviLease, based in Saudi Arabia, placed an order for 20 Trent XWB-97 engines to power 10 Airbus A350F freighter aircraft
• Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia's newest national carrier, placed an order of 50 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power 25 Airbus A350-1000s
• Taiwanese based Starlux Airlines placed an order for 20 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power 10 Airbus A350-1000 widebody aircraft
• EygptAir has ordered an additional 12 Trent XWB-84 engines that will power six Airbus A350-900s, which takes the airline's total order of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines to 32
• Vietnam's Vietjet Air has placed an order for 40 Trent 7000 engines, that will power 20 Airbus A330neo aircraft

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