OREANDA-NEWS. Rolls-Royce today joined celebrations to mark Singapore Airlines becoming the latest airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB, powered by the world’s most efficient large  aero engine, the Trent XWB.

A formal aircraft handover ceremony took place today at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France. The aircraft will fly to Singapore later today.

The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB is the only engine that powers the A350 XWB and more than 1,500 engines have already been sold to 42 customers. It has already delivered the best-ever entry into service for a large engine since it entered commercial service in January 2015.

The A350 XWB delivers a 25 per cent fuel burn improvement compared to previous generation aircraft. The Trent XWB is also one of the quietest engines that Rolls-Royce has ever produced for the wide-body market.

Eric Schulz, Rolls-Royce, President - Civil Aerospace, said: “We are very proud to be with Singapore Airlines and Airbus today to mark another chapter in the A350 XWB story. The Trent XWB exemplifies how we take the best in technology to deliver new standards of excellence. Singapore Airlines is a valued customer and today marks a new milestone in our close relationship.”

Singapore Airlines has ordered a total of 67 A350-900 aircraft and has operated the Trent 500, Trent 700, Trent 800 and Trent 900. Its subsidiary Scoot operates Trent 1000 engines.

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

  1. Rolls-Royce’s vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
  2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
  3. We have three common themes across all our businesses:
  • Investing in and developing engineering excellence
  • Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities and processes
  • Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into the future.
  • Annual underlying revenue was £13.4 billion in 2015, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £76.4 billion at the end of 2015.
  • In 2015, Rolls-Royce invested £1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
  • Rolls-Royce employs over 50,000 people in more than 46 countries. Nearly 15,700 of these are engineers.
  • The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2015 we employed 228 graduates and 277 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes.