Rolls-Royce to Power Up to 20 A350 XWBs in $880 M Agreement With Synergy Group

(February 13, 2008) -- Rolls-Royce today announced an agreement with Synergy Aerospace, part of the Synergy Group Corp. of South America, for Trent XWB engines to power its next-generation widebody fleet of 10 firm and up to 10 option A350 XWB aircraft, due for delivery from 2015.

The business has a potential value of $880 million at engine list prices.

Synergy Aerospace is a holding company for three airlines - Avianca in Colombia, OceanAir in Brazil and Vipsa in Ecuador.

German Efromovich, President of Synergy Group Corp. said: "Synergy Aerospace has important growth plans and requires next-generation equipment to ensure maximum operational capability, lowest costs and highest customer satisfaction. We are confident that the Trent XWB will help achieve this."

Chris Cyr, Executive Vice President - Americas at Rolls-Royce, added: "This order further strengthens our relationship with Synergy and its subsidiaries. The Trent series will provide Synergy with unparalleled performance and reliability."

Source : Rolls-Royce

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