Rolls-Royce and Italia Trasporto Aereo Airways sign TotalCare agreement for Trent XWB engines
UK, July 20. Rolls-Royce and Italian airline Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) Airways have signed a TotalCare® service agreement for Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines that will power six Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
The agreement is the first to be signed between Rolls-Royce and ITA Airways and will provide the airline with predictability and reliability for the services and maintenance of the new fleet for the next 12 years.
As Rolls-Royce’s flagship service offering, TotalCare covers off-wing repair and overhaul and is designed to provide operational certainty for customers by transferring time on wing and maintenance cost risk back to Rolls-Royce. It will also deliver enhanced aircraft availability thanks to Rolls-Royce’s in-depth engine knowledge that draws on our advanced engine health monitoring.
Rolls-Royce will power all ITA Airways’ new generation widebodies which also includes the Airbus A330neo, powered by the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000.
“We are delighted to sign this long-term service agreement with ITA Airways, and we have incredible pride in being the engine manufacturer that will power all their new-generation widebodies. Through this agreement, we are embarking on a long-term partnership with ITA Airways to ensure their fleet will fly reliably, efficiently and sustainably for decades to come,” said Ewen McDonald, Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace, Chief Customer Officer
“We are proud to sign this service agreement with Rolls-Royce knowing that our engines will stay on-wing for as long as possible. The engines form an important part of our business plan and our goal of operating a new environmentally-friendly fleet,” said Francesco Presicce, ITA Airways, Chief Technology Officer.
Supporting ITA Airways’s mission to become an efficient, innovative, and competitive carrier, the Trent XWB is the world’s most efficient large aero engine in service today, delivering a 15 per cent fuel consumption advantage over the first Trent engine, enabling our airlines to fly further on less fuel. It is also ready to operate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels as they become more available to airlines in the future.
