Rolls-Royce claims ‘imminent’ approval

The first Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 production engine has been dispatched to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, in readiness to power Airbus’s latest aircraft, the A330neo, into service. TAP Portugal, the A330neo launch operator, is currently displaying the first aircraft at Farnborough International Airshow. Formal certification of the engine will also follow imminently, making the Trent…