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Rolls Royce tallies losses following Covid-19 slowdown
Manufacturing giant Rolls Royce has reported a net loss of £3.9 billion for financial 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic took a huge toll on the aviation sector.
Rolls-Royce issues dire forecast for year ahead
Rolls-Royce has said it expects to burn through more cash than anticipated in 2021 as planes powered by its engines fly less amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 drives Rolls Royce to huge loss
Rolls Royce has reported a loss before tax of £5.4 billion for the first half of financial 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic takes a huge toll on the aviation sector.
Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs in company-wide reorganisation
Rolls-Royce is to undertake a major reorganisation of its business, with the loss of as many as 9,000 jobs around the world. The company said the move was necessary following the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Farnborough 2018: Rolls-Royce claims ‘imminent’ approval for Trent 7000
The first Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 production engine has been dispatched to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, in readiness to power Airbus’s latest aircraft, the A330neo, into service.
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens team up for electric aircraft
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.
Rolls-Royce wins largest ever order from Emirates
Rolls-Royce has won its largest ever order, worth $9.2 billion, to provide Trent 900 engines and TotalCare service support to Emirates. The engines will power 50 Airbus A380 aircraft that will enter service from 2016. The decision confirms the Trent 900 as the engine of choice on the four-engine A380.
Louis XIII Hotel places largest ever Rolls-Royce order
Luxury entrepreneur Stephen Hung has purchased the largest Rolls-Royce Phantom fleet in the world, placing an order for 30 Bespoke Extended Wheelbase Phantoms for his Louis XIII hotel in Macau. This transaction represents the world’s single largest order of Rolls-Royces ever. Two of the fleet will be the most expensive Rolls-Royce Phantoms ever commissioned.
Rolls-Royce takes $300m deal in Middle East
Rolls-Royce has won a $300m order from Qatar Airways for Trent 700 engines, with long-term TotalCare support, to power five Airbus A330 freighter aircraft. The order for five Airbus A330 Freighters and eight options was announced earlier.
Rolls-Royce double delivery for British Airways
Rolls-Royce today powered a double delivery that will transform the future of the British Airways fleet. Trent 900 engines brought the airline’s first Airbus A380 in to land at Heathrow Airport this morning from the Airbus delivery centre in Toulouse.
Oman Air selects Trent 700 for Airbus A330s
Oman Air has placed an order for Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power the three Airbus A330s it currently has on order. The Trent 700 is the market leading engine for the Airbus A330, and powers Oman Air’s existing fleet of four A330-200s and three A330-300s, which have been introduced since 2009.
Rolls-Royce wins $1bn order from Scandinavian Airlines System
Rolls-Royce has won an order worth $1 billion, at list prices, from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) for Trent XWB and Trent 700 engines and long term TotalCare® services.