Rolls-Royce wins $1.5bn Trent XWB order from Ethiopian Airlines

Rolls-Royce has won a major order from Ethiopian Airlines to provide Trent XWB engines for ten new Airbus A350-900 aircraft with TotalCare service support. In addition, the order includes TotalCare for 14 of the aircraft already in service or on order. In total, the deal is valued at $1.5 billion at list prices. Ethiopian became Africa’s first A350 operator in 2015 and currently has four of its initial 14 aircraft in service. Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines, said: “We have been impressed by the performance of both aircraft and engines in service, which gave us confidence to go