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BBC News
11 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Rolls-Royce secures international deals for 142 aircraft engines
Rolls-Royce has secured multiple contracts to supply more than 140 aircraft Derby-based firm's civil aerospace division will build 90 Trent XWB-97 engines, 40 Trent 7000 engines and 12 Trent XWB-84 engines for companies across Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Taiwan and said the deals followed a £1bn investment to the Trent engine family aimed at improving their durability and at the 2025 International Paris Air Show, Ewen McDonald, chief customer officer for the firm's civil aerospace division said the contracts would help to safeguard jobs in Derby. "The opportunity at the moment in the market is very buoyant", said Mr McDonald."It's always nice to see Rolls-Royce being successful and that we're filling the factory up with these engines for many years to come."It's lots of work for many years and a lot of these orders go out into the 2030s."Mr McDonald added there were still some orders placed at the Paris Air Show that were yet to be announced. The new contracts AviLease, based in Saudi Arabia, placed an order for 20 Trent XWB-97 engines to power 10 Airbus A350F freighter Air, Saudi Arabia's newest national carrier, placed an order of 50 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power 25 Airbus based Starlux Airlines placed an order for 20 Trent XWB-97 engines that will power 10 Airbus A350-1000 widebody has ordered an additional 12 Trent XWB-84 engines that will power six Airbus A350-900s, which takes the airline's total order of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines to Vietjet Air has placed an order for 40 Trent 7000 engines, that will power 20 Airbus A330neo aircrafts.
CNA
2 days ago
- Business
- CNA
Airbus hits $21 billion orders at air show as Boeing focuses on India crash
PARIS : Airbus secured more aircraft orders on Wednesday, raising its total to $21 billion at this week's subdued Paris Air Show, while rival Boeing opted not to announce new sales following last week's Air India 787 crash. Airbus firmed up an order for 10 long-haul jets from Taiwan's Starlux Airlines in a boost for the European planemaker after one of its biggest customers, AirAsia, dashed expectations of another grand finale matching its earlier expansion. Airbus won a total of 148 firm orders worth $14.2 billion including six previous ones disclosed publicly for the time, plus 102 provisional orders worth $6.7 billion, according to estimated delivery prices from UK-based Cirium Ascend. Delegates had been bracing for a more muted show than usual after Boeing struck huge deals during U.S. President Donald Trump's recent trip to the Middle East. The U.S. jetmaker then scaled back its presence at the show to focus on the probe into last week's deadly crash of an Air India Boeing 787. But Europe's Airbus has been steadily racking up business, and underscored confidence about growing demand by holding out the prospect of higher dividends. It prefaced each show announcement with sympathies for India victims, however. "It is an air show with a regrettable tragedy that has affected all of us," Airbus planemaking CEO Christian Scherer told Reuters. Despite the sombre tone, talk was rife before and during the event at Le Bourget outside Paris that Airbus might seal a major deal with AirAsia to add a final flourish to the gathering. Airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, the CEO of AirAsia owner Capital A Group, told Reuters that it was in talks to buy 50 to 70 A321XLR jetliners, and 100 A220s or competing E2 regional jets from Brazil's Embraer. But he played down the chances of a deal in Paris, saying the first priority was to complete the group's restructuring. "We're still doing a lot of work with Airbus and other (manufacturers) .... I think we'll look to do something imminently, in the next 1-3 months," he said in an interview. Two industry sources said Airbus had made an "aggressive" offer to boost A220 orders and win a launch customer for a new 160-seat version but that talks stalled over financing. Another said it would be natural to resume discussions around July when the company expects to exit its financial troubles. 'DIFFERENT SHOW' Embraer said on Wednesday it had secured an order for 60 of its E175 regional jets from SkyWest Airlines, which also agreed purchase rights for a further 50 of the aircraft. Airbus announced an order for two A350 freighters from logistics company MNG Airlines, and EgyptAir was unveiled as the previously-undisclosed buyer of six A350-900 long-haul jets. Planemakers have been struggling to keep up with demand for new, more fuel-efficient aircraft since the end of pandemic-era travel restrictions, with supply chain problems - particularly with engines - delaying some deliveries. Airbus said on Wednesday, however, that since early 2025 it had experienced 40 per cent fewer disruptions caused by delayed components at its production facilities. "It has been a very different air show from those we have seen in the past, which have tended to be wall-to-wall aircraft orders," Agency Partners analyst Sash Tusa said. "Civil orders have been affected by .... Boeing being very careful about how they announce or don't announce things," he said. In another shift, he said, Airbus focused on securing public backing for planes that could benefit from more orders like the A220, rather than its heavily sold-out A320neo family. On the defence side of the show, U.S. drone maker Anduril and Germany's Rheinmetall said they would partner to build aerial drones for European markets, in a sign of Europe leveraging U.S. technology to boost military capabilities.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Taiwan's Starlux orders 10 more Airbus A350 long-haul jets
PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Starlux Airlines ( opens new tab has placed an order for 10 more Airbus ( opens new tab A350 long-haul jets, the two companies said at the Paris Airshow on Wednesday. The deal could be worth around $1.85 billion, according to aircraft price estimates provided by Cirium Ascend. Starlux CEO Glenn Chai said deliveries of the new A350-1000s were expected to start in 2031. "This aircraft is the perfect match for our long-haul strategy," Chai told reporters. The carrier operates an all-Airbus fleet of 28 aircraft, including A350-900s used for trans-Pacific routes, A330neos and A321s used for regional ones. Chai added that the airline expected to start flying to its first European destination next year, but did not give further details. Taiwan's newest full-service airline launched its first flights in 2020 and serves destinations including Tokyo, Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore, Los Angeles and San Francisco. 'This is not the first time with Starlux, but we can't get tired," Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Benoit de Saint-Exupery said, noting that Starlux's first order with the European planemaker was in 2019, for 17 A350 planes. Starlux also unveiled on Wednesday its new carbon fibre livery for the 1000s.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Airbus Rules Air-Show Order Flurry That Boeing Chose to Sit Out
By and Anthony Palazzo Save Airbus SE wrapped up the Paris Air Show with more orders for its advanced A350 model, making a clean sweep at the event after perennial rival Boeing Co. chose to postpone any announcements following a fatal crash a few days before the expo. The European planemaker won commitments for 10 A350-1000 jets from Taiwan's Starlux Airlines Co. and six smaller A350-900s from Egyptair on the third day of the event, typically the last day that either planemaker discloses deals before the expo opens to the public for the rest of the week.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Taiwan's Starlux Eyes More Large Airbus Jets in Paris Show Deal
By and Siddharth Vikram Philip Save Taiwan's Starlux Airlines Co. is nearing an order for almost a dozen Airbus SE widebody jets in a deal worth around $4 billion as it seeks to cement its push into long haul services, according to people familiar with the matter. The carrier is leaning toward a top-up order for Airbus's A350-1000, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Starlux could make an announcement during this week's Paris Air Show. The airline didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
