Rolls-Royce signs US$2.4bn engine agreement with HNA Group

Rolls-Royce has reached an agreement worth US$2.4bn for engines and services with HNA Group. HNA Group is a conglomerate with interests in aviation, financial services, tourism and hospitality, logistics, real estate and retail. HNA Aviation currently operates and manages, amongst others, Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines and Capital Airlines, flies to over 250 cities and serves 72 million passengers annually. HNA Group currently operates 33 Trent 700 powered A330 aircraft. The engines included in the agreement will power a total of 44 aircraft that have already been ordered with Airbus. The agreement covers: Trent 700 engines and TotalCare service support for 20 Airbus A330s, TotalCare service support for Trent XWB engines that will power 15 Airbus A350-900s and TotalCare service support for Trent 700 engines that power five A330 freighters and four Airbus A330s.