Transportation Industry

Company Watch - Rolls-Royce

AirGuide Business, July 14, 2008

7/14/2008

Rolls-Royce said it had set up a joint venture to serve the fast-expanding Middle East aviation services market. The Rolls-Royce joint venture will offer "On-Wing Care" through Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies as well as a wide range of line maintenance services from boroscoping to engine changes for Rolls-Royce's Trent family operators in the region. 7/15/2008

Rolls-Royce and British Airways yesterday announced the start of an alternative fuel test program that "will seek to identify practical alternatives to the current industry-standard fuel kerosene." The engine producer and the airline will initiate a joint tender process in an effort to find suppliers willing and able to offer samples for testing on a Rolls-Royce RB211 used to power a BA 747. The tests will be carried out on an indoor engine testbed at the Rolls-Royce facility in Derby. The companies plan to select up to four alternative fuels for testing. Each company will be asked to supply up to 60,000 liters of its alternative fuel. "In each case, the engine will be operated through its full range of power settings including idle, acceleration, takeoff and cruise," Rolls and BA said. Testing is expected to be completed by the end of March 2009. British Airways joins Air New Zealand, Continental Airlines, Japan Airlines and JetBlue Airways among carriers that have committed to test biofuels. Virgin Atlantic Airways is to date the only airline to carry out a biofuel demonstration flight. 7/10/2008

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