Thai aircraft deal powers up Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has won its second major contract in less than a week, agreeing a deal to power 20 aircraft for Thai Airways International.
The Derby-based power systems giant will supply its Trent XWB and Trent 1000 engines for 12 Airbus and eight Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
All 20 of the planes are part of the airline's fleet modernisation programme.
Thai Airways' president Piyasvasti Amranand said: "Our decision to add these extremely efficient Trent engines into our fleet demonstrates our continued commitment to achieve the highest standards of environmental performance across all our operations.
"This commitment was recently demonstrated with our first biofuel-powered passenger flight, using Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines."
Nick Devall, Rolls-Royce's chief commercial officer of civil aerospace, added: "Thai is an important customer for Rolls-Royce. We are pleased to supply the airline with highly efficient engines which will help the airline achieve its environmental and operational objectives."
Earlier this week, Rolls-Royce announced it had won a £210m supply contract for a French nuclear reactor modernisation programme.
The company was chosen by France-based nuclear energy company AREVA to supply safety instrumentation and control (I&C) technologies and systems for the programme.
