21 July, 2018:The Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, which powers Airbus’s most recent aircraft, the A330neo, has secured its ‘ticket to fly’ from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), with the first production engines also delivered to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France. The certificate was presented to Rolls-Royce by Trevor Woods, Certification Director, EASA.
Chris Cholerton, Rolls-Royce President, Civil Aerospace, said, “This is another great milestone in a period of unprecedented activity for us. Certifying and delivering the Trent 7000 engine further strengthens our position on the latest generation of aircraft and I would like to thank everyone at EASA and Airbus, as well as my own Rolls-Royce colleagues, who have worked so closely to get to this point. We now look forward to supporting Airbus and TAP Air Portugal as they prepare for the aircraft to enter into service later this year.”