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RIGHT: Boeing
Company and Airbus
Group are looking at
options to replace their
aging fleets with new
fuel-efficient composite
material-laden aircraft.

OPPOSITE PAGE: About
70% of the world’s
jetliner engines are
made either by General
Electric or by CFM
International.

service with Qatar Airways later in 2014. design with a variable pitch fan system, is Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft have been
The Trent XWB is specifically designed based on technology that could be ready ordered by 25 customers.
for the aircraft and improves the aircraft for service from 2025 and will offer at With such a powerful portfolio of
efficiency by almost 25 per cent making it least 25% improvement in fuel burn and products, we believe that Rolls-Royce
16 per cent more efficient than the first- emissions against the same baseline. can offer India the right combination of
generation Trent engines that entered into Colin Smith, Rolls-Royce Director experience and new technologies and
service in 1995. It is the best-selling Trent - Engineering and Technology said, contribute towards building capabilities in
engine ever, with more than 1,600 already “These new designs are the result of the wide-bodied aircraft market for India.
sold globally. ” implementing our ongoing technology “Rolls-Royce recently unveiled its
The Trent 1000-TEN, is an advanced programmes. They are designed to deliver new designs for the next generation
version of its power plant incorporating what our airframe and airline customers of turbofans. The new designs feature
proven next generation technology from tell us they need: even better fuel the technology innovation designed
the latest member of the Trent engine efficiency, reliability and environmental to transform performance. We have
family, the Trent XWB. Trent 1000-TEN is performance.” combined a range of new technologies
designed to meet the thrust requirements Both engine designs are the result of in order to meet our customer needs
for all versions of the Boeing 787 the ongoing research and development like: better fuel efficiency, reliability and
Dreamliner. The Trent 1000-TEN investment, of approximately one billion environmental performance. With the
incorporates the most advanced turbofan pounds a year, which Rolls-Royce makes next generation of turbofans, we aim to
technology available in the world. across its aerospace and non-aerospace power the future of global aviation,” added
Rolls-Royce is continually innovating businesses. Jayaraman.
and, as part of that ongoing process, is Capable of providing up to 78,000lb In addition, Rolls-Royce has developed
looking to build on the success of the Trent thrust, the Trent 1000 engine is designed and tested technologies to support
family of engines with two new generation to power all members of the Boeing 787 the Open Rotor engine concept and is
engine designs. Dreamliner family (787-8, 787-9 and 787- positioned to mature them should there be
The first design, Advance, will offer 10 aircraft variants).The Trent family’s clear market demand for such a product.
at least 20% better fuel burn and CO2 unique three shaft design makes every Thus, the lack of genuine competition
emissions than the first generation of Trent engine able to retain its performance in the widebody engine market leaves GE
Trent engine and could be ready from the advantage for longer, the equivalent of an and Rolls Royce in a strong negotiating
end of this decade. additional fuel burn benefit of 1% through position with regards to new orders and
The second, UltraFan, a geared life. To date, over 450 Trent 1000 powered servicing arrangements with airlines.
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