Rolls-Royce bags $1.7bn in new orders at Farnborough

23rd Jul 2010 15:57

Power systems developer Rolls-Royce said it secured $1.7bn in new orders during the Farnborough Air Show.The Trent 700 won orders totalling more than $1bn for engines to power 17 Airbus A330s from Aeroflot, Russia's national airline and Garuda Indonesia Airlines. Both of these contracts included TotalCare long term service agreements.International Aero Engines, in which Rolls-Royce is a senior partner, received orders for V2500 engines from Yemenia, China Southern and Vietnam Airlines, with value to Rolls-Royce of around $470m.The group's defence aerospace business announced a contract to support the Canadian Air Force CC-130J fleet, valued at more than $70m.