On 6 April 2004 Boeing announced that it had selected two engine
partners for its new 787: Rolls-Royce and General Electric (GE).
Initially, Boeing toyed with the idea of sole sourcing the powerplant
for the 787, with GE being the most likely candidate. However, potential
customers demanded choices and Boeing relented. For the first time in
commercial aviation, both engine types will have a standard interface
with the aircraft, allowing any 787 to be fitted with either a GE or
Rolls-Royce engine at any time as long as the pylon is also modified.
As with earlier variants of the Trent family, Rolls partnered with
risk and revenue sharing partners on the Trent 1000 program. This time
there were six partners: Kawasaki Heavy Industries (intermediate compressor module), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (combustor and low pressure turbine blades), Industria de Turbo Propulsores (low pressure turbine), Carlton Forge Works (fan case), Hamilton Sundstrand (gearbox) and Goodrich Corporation (engine control system). Altogether, these partners have a 35 percent stake in the program.
In June 2004, the first public engine selection was made by Air New Zealand who chose the Trent 1000 for its two firm orders. In the largest 787 order, that of Japan's All Nippon Airways,
Rolls-Royce was selected as the engine supplier on October 13, 2004.
The deal is valued at $1bn (£560m) and covers 30 787-3s and 20 787-8s.
The Trent 1000 will be the launch engine on both currently planned 787
models, the -8 with ANA and the -9 with Air New Zealand. On 7 July 2007, Rolls Royce secured its largest ever order from an aircraft leasing company when ILFC
placed an order worth $1.3 billion at list prices for Trent 1000s to
power 40 of the 787s which it has on order(~ $16.25 m per engine, which
is ~ 22% of airplane price),and on 27 September 2007 British Airways announced the selection of the Trent 1000 to power 24 Boeing 787 aircraft. Trent 1000's share of the 787 engine market was 40% at the end of August 2008.
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