LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Rolls Royce Holdings Plc. (RYCEF.PK, RR.L, RYCEY.PK) Monday said Air China has selected its Trent 1000 engines and long-term TotalCare support. The engines will power 15 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.
The airline already has 49 Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 aircraft in service. There are four to be delivered, and ten Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350XWB aircraft on order.
Rolls-Royce powered the very first Boeing 787 test flight in December 2009, the first 787-8 to enter service in October 2011, and the first 787-9 to enter service, in 2014.
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