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Rolls-Royce today announces the arrival of the first Trent 1000 engine scheduled for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany. This important milestone follows the pledge to invest £55m in assembly, test and shop visit capacity in the UK and Germany, creating around 300 jobs. The commitment, made in March, addresses growing long-term demand for new civil large engines and improves customer aftermarket support services for the global fleet of Rolls-Royce Trent engines.
Around half of the investment, and about one third of the 300 jobs created will be in Dahlewitz. Existing test capability in the facility will, in the short-term, focus on the Trent 1000 engine, providing additional capacity to the global network and enabling the introduction of next year’s Durability Enhancement package. The longer-term forecast is that the facility will transition to assemble and test new Trent XWB-84 engines in the future.
Already in service and performing well on the Trent 7000 engine, the Durability Enhancement package, which is part of a previously announced £1bn investment in the Trent fleet, will more than double engine time on-wing. A second package of hot-section enhancements, available in 2026, will deliver a further improvement of up to 30%.