LATAM Airlines has selected Rolls-Royce\u202fto power three Boeing 787 Dreamliners with Trent 1000 XE engines.<\/p>\n
The Trent 1000 XE engines feature several upgrades following Rolls-Royce\u2019s recent two-phase durability enhancement program. This includes a re-engineered high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade that increases cooling air flow by 40%, offering more than double the time-on-wing of its predecessor.<\/p>\n
Tufan Erginbilgic \u2013 Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce, welcomed the order and mentioned that it reflected the company\u2019s \u2018ongoing transformation\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud that LATAM Airlines has returned to Rolls-Royce as its Boeing 787 engine partner\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
READ:\u00a0LATAM adds first 787-9 with GEnx engines to long-haul fleet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Roberto Alvo, CEO LATAM Airlines Group, added: \u201cThis agreement reflects the long-standing relationship we have built with Rolls-Royce over time, alongside the evolution of the Trent 1000 engine since 2012. The incorporation of the Trent 1000 XE on our Boeing 787 aircraft supports our efforts to enhance operational efficiency, while providing optionality to capture growth opportunities as we continue developing our long-haul network.\u201d<\/p>\n Rolls-Royce has also made an investment in its MRO network, delivering an increase in annual shop-visit capacity and reduction in turnaround times, with new dedicated Trent 1000 XE facilities in the UK, Singapore and Germany. This is supported by an expansion of its spare engine pool.<\/p>\n This investment sits on top of a broader \u00a31 billion budget to develop the Trent engine family.<\/p>\n The post LATAM specs RR Trent engines for Dreamliner trio<\/a> appeared first on Aviation Business News<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LATAM Airlines has selected Rolls-Royce\u202fto power three Boeing 787 Dreamliners with Trent 1000 XE engines. The Trent 1000 XE engines feature several upgrades following Rolls-Royce\u2019s recent two-phase durability enhancement program. This includes a re-engineered high-pressure turbine (HPT) blade that increases cooling air flow by 40%, offering more than double the time-on-wing of its predecessor. Tufan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zephyrsys.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}