Orders, follow-on business and service entry with two more operators have provided the “best start” in 2015 for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 (T1000) engine, according to project director Gary Moore. The powerplant has been chosen to power more than 470 Boeing 787 twin-aisle twinjets–covered by orders and options from 20 operators, 11 lessors and two private or government owners. Moore said that when customers have a choice, there is “no greater testament” than that they buy engines, live with them in service and then come back for more.
He hopes the powerplant’s latest Trent 1000-TEN variant (TEN standing for Thrust, Efficiency and New technology), which is said to be on target for scheduled certification by year-end, will be the first engine to power the 787-10, thus maintaining the design’s record as first choice on the aircraft. After powering the 787’s maiden flight in December 2009 and first commercial service in October 2011, it was the initial engine certified on the 787-8 and -9, first 787 powerplant to receive 330-minute extended-range twin-engine operational performance standards (ETOPS) clearance, and the first engine in service for the 787 family.
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