Rolls Trent 1000 improving but some problems persist

摘要

Rolls-Royce managed to further reduce the average original equipment loss per large engine sold to £1.3 million ($1.58 million), though the UK engine manufacturer continues to struggle to overcome the premature blade deterioration on Trent 1000s that power a part of the Boeing 787 fleet. "We are pleased with the progress we are making on managing and fixing all of these issues, but reality is that we still have got a lot of hard work to do before it is out of the way," said Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East. Speaking during the company's first-half results presentation with analysts early last month, East conceded the Trent 1000 blade issue continues to cause "a number of our customers significant disruption." The good news, he added, is that the disruption has lessened considerably in the past 12 months, and the number of aircraft on ground (AOGs) today equates to about half the total of a year ago.