Jet engine sales of Rolls Royce
Airbus A380
In 1996, Rolls-Royce and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding, specifying the Trent 900 as
the engine of choice for the then A3XX, now called the Airbus A380.
Boeing
On 6 April 2004, Boeing announced that it had selected both Rolls-Royce and General Electric to
power its new 787. Rolls-Royce submitted the Trent 1000, a further development of that series. GE's
offering is the GENX, a development of the GE90.
UK C-130 Hercules
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On 13 June 2004, Rolls-Royce was awarded a £110MM contract by the Ministry of Defence to supply engines
for its C-130 Hercules transport aircraft over the following 5 years.
Airbus A350
In July 2006, Rolls-Royce reached an agreement to supply a new version of the Trent for the revised Airbus A350 (XWB) jetliner.
This engine, the Trent XWB is an engine developed from the Trent 1000, a variant of which was offered
for the original A350 proposal. As of July 2015, over 1,500 engines of this type have been supplied
to 40 customers.
Air China
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At the 2005 Paris Air Show, Rolls-Royce secured in excess of $1 billion worth of orders. The firm received $800m worth of
orders from Air China to supply its 20 Airbus A330 jets.
Tornado Typhoon Lightning
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On the military side, Rolls-Royce, in co-operation with other European manufacturers, has been a major contractor for the
RB199 which in several variants powers the Panavia Tornado, and also for the EJ200 engine for the
Eurofighter Typhoon.
Qatar Airways
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On 18 June 2007, Rolls-Royce announced at the 2007 Paris Air Show that it had signed its biggest ever contract with Qatar
Airways for the Trent XWB to power 80 A350 XWBs on order from Airbus worth $5.6 billion at list prices.
Emirates
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On 17 April 2015, it was announced that Rolls-Royce had received its largest order to date worth £6.1bn ($9.2bn) to supply
engines for 50 Emirates A380 planes.