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Rolls-Royce has secured orders worth more than $2.3 billion during the Dubai Air Show, demonstrating its strong market positions, its continued investment in technology and access to global markets.
The Group won orders in both the civil and defence aerospace market sectors. It also reaffirmed its commitment to working in partnership in the Middle East, signing a tenancy agreement with the Qatar Science and Technology Park.
Civil highlights included orders for both the Trent 700 and Trent XWB, taking sales for each engine type past 1,000. Air China ordered the Trent 700, in an order worth $1.5 billion to power 20 Airbus A330 aircraft. A total of 584 Trent 700 engines have been delivered to customers around the world since entry into service in 1995. Ethiopian Airlines selected the Trent XWB, the fastest selling Trent engine ever, in an order worth $480 million that also marked the airline’s first Trent purchase. The engines will power 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft.
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