Mon, Dec 26, 2011
Engines To Power 20 New Airplanes For The Asian Carrier
When Thai International Airlines takes delivery of its new
Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Airbus A350 XWB airplanes, they will
have Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines hanging under the wings. The
airline is buying the airplanes as part of its fleet modernization
program.
"Our decision to add these extremely efficient Trent engines
into our fleet demonstrates our continued commitment to achieve the
highest standards of environmental performance across all our
operations," said TIA President Piyasvasti Amranand. "This
commitment was recently demonstrated with our first biofuel-powered
passenger flight, using Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines."
When these engines are delivered, Thai will be an operator of
every member of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine family: the Trent 500,
Trent 700, Trent 800, Trent 900 - as well as the Trent 1000 and
Trent XWB. "Thai is an important customer for Rolls-Royce. We are
pleased to supply THAI with highly efficient engines which will
help the airline achieve its environmental and operational
objectives," said Nick Devall, Rolls-Royce, Chief Commercial
Officer - Civil Aerospace.
The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered the 787 Dreamliner aircraft
into passenger service for the first time in October and has
accumulated more than 75 per cent of the aircraft's flight test
hours.
The Trent XWB, the only engine available for the A350 XWB, is
the fastest selling Trent ever with more than 1,100 sold. Test
results have show the engine to be the most efficient large civil
aerospace engine ever produced.
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