Airline lands R-R powered jet

Rolls-Royce has congratulated an airline on the delivery of a new aircraft powered by its engines.

Starlux Airlines recently received its first A350-900, which is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines.

The aircraft departed from Airbus’ delivery centre in Toulouse, France, and landed at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the home base of Starlux Airlines.

It will initially fly to major cities within the Asia-Pacific region and will start operations to Los Angeles in April.

A further Rolls-Royce powered A350-900 will be added to the airline’s fleet later this year.

Ewen McDonald, chief customer officer at Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace, said: “We would like to congratulate Starlux on taking delivery of their first A350 passenger aircraft, which is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines.

“This delivery builds on our partnership with STARLUX who earlier this year took delivery of their first A330neo, which is also powered by our Trent 7000 engines.”