Rolls-Royce has won an order worth $880m, at list prices, from United Airlines for Trent XWB engines to power 10 Airbus A350 XWB-1000 aircraft. This includes a long term TotalCare services agreement. In addition the airline will convert 25 A350-900 aircraft, which were previously announced in 2009, to the -1000 model.
Philippine Airlines selected Trent 700 engines, worth $1.4bn at list prices, to power 20 Airbus A330 aircraft. This is the first selection of Trent engines by Philippine Airlines and also includes long-term TotalCare service support.
