ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC The new Trent 7000 durability enhancement package will deliver better value through improved time on wing.
After entering into service in early 2019, the Trent 7000 has already surpassed one million engine flying hours - the equivalent to flying 10 thousand times around the Earth. During this time, the Trent 7000 engine has delivered levels of reliability and availability expected from a more mature fleet, meaning more aircraft are departing on time for our airline customers.
Whilst the Trent 7000 has proven itself over its three years in service, our engineering teams constantly make small, continual, improvements year on year to deliver better value to our customers. We are therefore pleased to announce that we have certified a new durability enhancement package for this already incredible engine.
So, what is new?
The package includes a re-engineered High Pressure Turbine Blade (HPTB) which improves durability and therefore the engine time on wing (TOW). The durability enhancement package was certified in August 2022 and is now the production standard - first entering service with Kuwait Airlines.
The best news is that those customers who have engines that pre-date the introduction of the durability enhancement package will also benefit. The package will be installed into the engines at their first scheduled full refurbishment under the customer's TotalCare programme.
The design change utilises in-service data from our advanced engine health monitoring system, and advanced thermal modelling to identify improvements to the efficiency of the HPTB cooling system. By improving the cooling of the blade, we have doubled the blade life and therefore increased the engine TOW.
We have completed a comprehensive engine test programme, with tests taking place on our ground-based engine test cells and in the sky on our flying testbed, where we tested the engine beyond the certification requirements for the new HPT blade.
This included an endurance test which pushed the engine harder than normal service requirements, equivalent to 4,000 flights or five years of continual operation, to ensure that we have rigorously tested the engine and new HPT blade.
The engine passed every test with flying colours and demonstrated that the durability enhancement package will deliver on its promise of improved engine TOW and reduced engine emissions.
For the A330neo, Airbus has brought the latest generation technology to the hugely successful A330, the best-selling widebody aircraft ever, to deliver latest generation aircraft economics for its operators. Whilst the Trent 7000 brings the very latest gas turbine technology, delivering exceptional reliability, sustainable performance, and proven versatility.
The Trent 7000 also enables the aircraft to achieve 14% better fuel burn per seat, whilst significantly reducing emissions. The reduction in emissions will avoid more than one hundred thousand tons of CO2 emissions over the lifetime of an aircraft. Therefore, the quickest way airlines can achieve their own emissions goals is to invest in new generation aircraft like the Trent 7000 powered A330neo.
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