A more recent innovation compared to the RB211, the Rolls-Royce Trent engine series came to fruition in 1990. The Airbus A330-designed Trent 700 quickly impressed with a thrust of up to 72,000 lbs ...

Rolls-Royce's Trent engine series celebrates 30 years. From its origins in the early 1990s, the Trent engine family has ...

If something looks too good to be true, it probably is. This could be the case for Rolls-Royce and boss 'Turbo' Tufan ...

The Rolls-Royce Trent 500 is a continuation of the Trent 700 and Trent 800 engines, as well as the earlier RB211 engine. As such, it features the signature three spools that are commonplace in the ...

Late Friday, a Sydney-bound Qantas Boeing 747-400 fitted with four Rolls-Royce RB211-524G-T engines landed safely in Singapore after an engine caught fire minutes after it took off, the airline said.

Hours after Joyce spoke, a Sydney-bound Qantas Boeing 747-400 fitted with four Rolls-Royce RB211-524G-T engines landed safely in Singapore after an engine caught fire minutes after it took off ...

Rolls-Royce is expected to keep its RB211-535E4 engines, used to power Boeing 757 airplanes, in service through 2040. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

Here's Rolls-Royce's original 'big daddy' - the RB211 - built in the 1960s for wide-bodied airliners. It was also the engine that led to the company being taken into state ownership in 1971 due to ...

Azerbaijan’s Silk Way West Airlines has reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce under which the manufacturer will supply replacement engines for the cargo carrier’s RB211-powered Boeing 747 fleet.

Announcing the new development Steve Richards, Rolls-Royce, RB211 Product Director said, ‘The RB211-H63 integrates the reliability and ruggedness of our current RB211 gas turbines with the ...

CNN previously reported that one of the plane's pricey Rolls Royce RB211 Turbofan engines was broken and had been removed from the plane awaiting repairs, which could cost hundreds of thousands of ...

While the Rolls-Royce name is most famously seen on cars, you can also spot it on airplane engines. ... Rolls-Royce's RB211 line of engines burst onto the scene in the early 1970s.