Boarding.no : Rolls-Royce engines for Finnairs new aircraft

Finnair has selected the engines that will power the new long-haul aircraft it will acquire at the beginning of the next decade. The new generation Airbus A350 aircraft will be fitted with Trent 1700 engines, manufactured by Rolls-Royce. At list prices, the value of the order is nearly 400 million euros. Finnair has fixed orders for nine wide-bodied aircraft and options for four more.

Jukka Hienonen
(finnair.fi)

- Fleet modernisation is essential for Finnair’s competitiveness. A modern fleet is part of our high-quality product. At the same time, new technology also brings savings in terms of costs. New engines consume significantly less fuel and are more environmentally positive than older engines,” says Finnair’s President and CEO Jukka Hienonen.

Rolls-Royce is committed to a series of challenging environmental targets, and by 2020 is aiming to reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 50 per cent, reduce engine noise by half, and cut NOx by 50 per cent compared with typical large engines of the last decade.

The fleet modernisation is a key part of Finnair’s Asian strategy. One or two new Asian destinations will be added each year. This year, Nagoya in Japan (June) and Delhi in India (November) will join the route network, bringing the total number of Finnair destinations in Asia to ten.

Finnairs new Airbus 350 (Finnair.com/Airbus.com)

This spring Finnair will also acquire A340 long-haul aircraft. These will be powered by engines made by CFM International, which are currently also being used in the European and domestic traffic Airbus A320 series aircraft.

Rolls-Royce, one of the world's most famous engineering brands, operates in four global markets - civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy. The company's customer base includes over 500 airlines and 4,000 operators of corporate jets, utility aircraft and helicopters. It employs 35,000 people globally, including a significant presence in Scandinavia. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars was separated from the company in 1973.