Rolls-Royce scoops $400m China order
Rolls-Royce has won a $400m (£260.1m) share of an order from China Eastern Airlines for its V2500 engines.
The engines are to power the airline's 50 new Airbus A320 series aircraft.
Deliveries will begin in August 2012 until 2015. The contract also includes a long-term maintenance agreement.
The V2500 is produced by the International Aero Engines (IAE) consortium in which Rolls-Royce is a senior shareholder. IAE's other partners are Pratt & Whitney, the Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines.
Rolls-Royce said there are now more than 5,500 V2500s in service or on firm order with nearly 200 customers around the world.
Last week Rolls-Royce announced it had won a contract from leisure travel company TUI Travel to provide its Trent 700 engines.
