Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce to provide maintenance services for its Trent 800 engines on 17 Boeing 777 aircraft.
The contract for TotalCare Flex is said to be the first-of-its-kind to be signed with an airline that is an aircraft owner and operator.
Cathay Pacific engineering director Christopher Gibbs said: "We are extremely pleased to be signing this TotalCare Flex agreement for our Trent 800 engines.
"We look forward to working closely with Rolls-Royce on the effective management of this fleet through the life of the agreement."
TotalCare is the flagship brand for services from Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace segment. It includes an integrated set of services covering engine management and maintenance.
Rolls-Royce civil large engines services director Tom Palmer said: "We have led the way in services with TotalCare, now we are taking our innovation to a new level with a number of significant services developments, of which TotalCare Flex is just one."
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By GlobalDataIn 2013, Cathay Pacific signed a $7bn deal with Boeing for 21 777-9X aircraft, which are scheduled to be received between 2021 and 2024.
For the first six months this year, Cathay Pacificv profit of HK$1.9bn with revenues of HK$50.3bn.
Image: A Cathay Pacific’s Boeing 777 aircraft. Photo: courtesy of E176.
