Rolls-Royce starts work on new service centre at Heathrow

Rolls-Royce has commemorated the start of construction for a new London Heathrow Service Centre with a ground breaking ceremony on March 8th. The new facility will provide specialist maintenance and support services for commercial aero engines. When fully operational, the new facility will employ up to 80 people, with 40 transferring from the existing Rolls-Royce Heathrow facility, which it will replace. They will service cutting edge Trent aero engines providing round-the-clock support to customers. The facility will include two new buildings, including a state of the art engine workshop, which will total nearly 95,000 ft². This is four times larger than the existing facility, enabling teams to work on up to 13 aero engines at any one time, double what was previously possible. The new service centre is expected to commence operations in early 2013.