DERBY, U.K. - Rolls-Royce has won an order from U.S. leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines to power 10 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus A330 aircraft. The 10 CIT A350 aircraft that will be powered by the Trent XWB were announced in January 2013 and are in addition to five A350 XWB aircraft already on order.
The Trent XWB, specifically designed for the Airbus A350, is the fastest selling Trent engine ever, with more than 1,200 already sold. The engine variant that will power the A350-800 and -900 was awarded European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certification in February. The engine will power the first flight of the Airbus A350 XWB this year and the aircraft's first in-service flight in 2014.
