Derby’s Rolls-Royce is celebrating after one of its engines smashed a world record for reliability.
One of the engineering giant’s Trent 700 engines, which is in service with Russian airline Aeroflot, has completed more than 50,000 flying hours without requiring an overhaul - a world record for a wide-body engine.
The engine first entered service in 2008 and is still going strong today, powering an Airbus A330 aircraft.
According to Rolls-Royce, the distance flown by the engine is the equivalent of travelling around the world more than 1,000 times - or to the moon and back 50 times.
And in terms of hours flown, it has operated for the equivalent of more than five years non-stop.
The Trent 700 was designed and developed at Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace site in Derby. Now built at the firm’s Sinfin site, it first entered into service in 1995.
Andrey Panov, deputy chief executive for strategy and marketing at Aeroflot, said: “We are very pleased with the reliability of the Trent 700 overall and this engine in particular.
“We’ve worked closely with Rolls-Royce to continually monitor the engine to make sure it has been in good condition and it has provided an outstanding level of reliability for us.”
Aeroflot and Rolls-Royce celebrated the Trent 700 landmark at the Paris Air Show, which has been taking place this week.
Dominic Horwood, Rolls-Royce’s chief customer officer for civil aerospace, said: “It is great to have Aeroflot with us at Paris Air Show to mark this achievement.
“This is the ‘Power of Trent’ in action, and this milestone is a testament to the performance of both this Trent engine and the whole fleet.
“We look forward to continuing to support this engine as it continues in service.”
