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Rolls-Royce hails Japanese airline deal
Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Japanese airline Skymark Airlines to provide Trent 900 engines to power six Airbus A380 planes.
The contract, which involves a long-term engine service and support deal, should mean the aircraft enter into service in 2014.
Skymark is a new customer for Derby-based Rolls-Royce, and the airline is the first in Japan to order the Airbus A380. Rolls-Royce said the Trent 900 engines powered the first A380 to enter service in 2007 and have now been selected by 11 of 16 airlines who have ordered the aircraft.
Jim Sheard, Rolls-Royce senior vice president of civil aerospace, said: "Skymark is a new customer for Rolls-Royce and we are very pleased that they have put their trust in our leading edge engine technology."