OREANDA-NEWS. Rolls-Royce is to provide additional TotalCare® long term engine service support for Singapore Airlines.

The agreement covers Trent 900 engines that power 19 Airbus A380 operated by the airline.

Under the agreement, Rolls-Royce will provide an Availability Service Solution that will cover non-routine on-wing engine maintenance. This includes aircraft-initiated line and on-wing maintenance; stagger checks; engine change and lease engine management; and limited life parts technical records.

Ewen McDonald, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President – Customers, Civil Large Engines said: “We have a long relationship with Singapore Airlines on the A380 and we welcome their decision to further extend the scope of our TotalCare support.”

Singapore Airlines was the first operator to enter service with the A380 in 2007 with the Trent 900.

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

  1. Rolls-Royce’s vision is to create better power for a changing world via two main business divisions, Aerospace and Land & Sea. These business divisions address markets with two strong technology platforms, gas turbines and reciprocating engines. Aerospace comprises Civil Aerospace and Defence Aerospace. Land & Sea comprises Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
  2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 380 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
  3. Our business is focused on the 4Cs:
    • Customer – placing the customer at the heart of our business
    • Concentration – deciding where to grow and where not to
    • Cost – continually looking to increase efficiency
    • Cash – improving financial performance.
  4. Annual underlying revenue was ?14.6 billion in 2014, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at ?73.7 billion at the end of 2014.
  5. In 2014, Rolls-Royce invested ?1.2 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
  6. Rolls-Royce employs over 54,000 people in more than 50 countries. Over 15,500 of these are engineers.
  7. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2014 we employed 354 graduates and 357 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes. Globally we have over 1,000 Rolls-Royce STEM ambassadors who are actively involved in education programmes and activities; we have set ourselves a target to reach 6 million people through our STEM outreach activities by 2020.