Reports on August 10 of a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 trashing the Rome Fiumicino-airport area with parts from its number 1 Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-engine after take-off raise the question: is this part of the known Trent 1000-issue or a new one?…
The Airbus A330-900 order by Virgin Atlantic will be powered by the Trent 7000 engines from Rolls Royce. Despite the issues with the Trent 1000 on the Boeing 787, Airbus and Virgin Atlantic have confidence in Rolls Royce, which is…
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Rolls-Royce has withdrawn its participation to Boeing’s New Mid-market Aircraft (NMA), citing conflicting time schedules as the major reason for its decision. Rolls- Royce announced its decision on February 28 during the presentation of its 2018 results but had informed…
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Rolls-Royce has been working through a series of durability issues with some of the Trent family of engines. The Trent 1000, which powers early Boeing 787s, and the Trent 900, which powers the Airbus A380 have experienced issues. Other members…