Rolls-Royce has signed a TotalCare service agreement with Vietjet for the fleet of 40 Trent 7000 engines that will power 20 Airbus A330neo aircraft. The engine order was announced at the Singapore Airshow in February this year.
The agreement will complement the airline’s existing TotalCare coverage of its Trent 700-powered A330ceo fleet.
TotalCare is designed to provide operational certainty for customers by transferring time on wing and maintenance cost risk back to Rolls-Royce. This industry-leading premium service offering is supported by data delivered through the Rolls-Royce advanced engine health monitoring system, which helps provide customers with increased operational availability, reliability, and efficiency. With a laser focus on sustainability, Vietjet has committed to the A330neo/Trent 7000 combination as it delivers a 14% better fuel burn per seat, whilst significantly lowering emissions. The reduction in emissions will allow the airline to avoid more than one hundred thousand tons of CO2 over the lifetime of each aircraft.
Rolls-Royce is investing more than £1 billion (US$1.29 billion) in a programme that will deliver further improvements to the Trent engine family. For the Trent 7000, a durability enhancement package has been introduced which more than doubles engine time on wing and a second package of hot-section enhancements will deliver a further improvement of up to 30%.
The engine is certified to operate on a 50% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blend today and has been proven to be compatible with 100% SAF for the future.
