Qatar Airways orders Rolls Royce Trent 700 engines

By BA StaffQatar Airways has placed a $300 million order on Rolls-Royce for Trent 700 engines, with long-term TotalCare® support, to power five recently ordered Airbus A330 freighter aircraft.

The Trent 700, the only engine specifically designed for the A330, is the market leader on the aircraft with a 70% of new orders over the last four years. It is also the most popular Rolls-Royce engine type for wide-bodies currently in service, powering more than 530 A330 aircraft with 58 operators. More than 1,400 engines are either in service or on order.