Gulf Air ties up with Rolls Royce

Farnborough : Gulf Air has awarded Rolls-Royce a $900m contract for Trent 1000 engines to power 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. 

The contract also includes long-term TotalCare service support. In addition, Gulf Air also has the option to purchase the same engine to power six more Boeing 787-9s.

The aircraft form part of Gulf Air’s recently announced wide-body aircraft orders, geared towards facilitating long term expansion capabilities for the airline’s future network requirement.

Gulf Air CEO Maher Salman Al Musallam said, “Gulf Air’s current wide body fleet are also powered by Trent 700 engines. We have experience of the Trent engine and its durability and resilience in a variety of operating conditions and we are confident the Trent 1000 will deliver the same outstanding performance.”

Eric Schulz, Rolls-Royce, President - Civil Aerospace, said: “We are proud to be selected by a valued customer such as Gulf Air and this marks a significant success for the Trent 1000. It has developed a real momentum in the marketplace, winning more than 60 per cent of engine competitions in the last six years.”

Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Kamal Ahmed, Bahrain’s Ambassador of UK Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and British Ambassador to Bahrain Simon Martin attended the signing ceremony.