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[pyglet] 24/4/2019 22:42

Credit Suisse upgrade today Outperform target raised to 1200p

[ayl30] 10/4/2019 07:53

Today's rns seems reassuring, light at the end of the tunnel?

[wad collector] 05/4/2019 17:04

£11 would be nice again!
Just a matter of time really. Patience.

[dafrog] 05/4/2019 06:48

hxxps://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/bell-and-rolls-royce-to-collaborate-on-propulsion-systems/

[standish11] 03/4/2019 19:28

A Jetstar Boeing 787-8, registration VH-VKJ performing flight JQ-15 from Cairns,QL (Australia) to Osaka Kansai (Japan), was descending towards Osaka when the leftt hand engine (GEnx) rolled back for a couple of seconds before recovering. Shortly afterwards the right hand engine rolled back for several tens of seconds and recovered, too. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Kansai's runway 24R.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Osaka on Apr 2nd 2019, about 103 hours after landing.

On Apr 2nd 2019 Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is going to be investigated. Both engines temporarily lost thrust about 90km/50nm south of Oskala. The JTSB have dispatched three investigators on site and opened an investigation (editorial note: however, the JTSB has not yet published such information on their website, standing Apr 2nd 2019).ENDS.

Rolls Royce not alone in having problems with Boeing 787 Dreamliner engines.

[carter633] 02/4/2019 13:23

Despite extremely well documented Trent 1000 engine issues which have plagued the otherwise beloved Boeing 787 Dreamliner program for years, Rolls Royce has the following to say about their new Trent 1000 TEN engine update..."PERFECT TEN. Already the most reliable engine on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Trent 1000 will set the performance bar even higher as the engine's TEN (thrust, efficiency and new technology) development programme moves into its final test stages." – Rolls RoyceThere's just one problem with all that. It hasn't.Today, Singapore Airlines was forced to ground two brand new jets and an additional jet from low cost arm Scoot less than a year after launch, all due to Rolls Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine wear and tear

[wad collector] 22/3/2019 14:24

Presumably the 737 Max problems are good news for RR if more airlines cancel their orders and buy alternatives. The faults will presumably be solved, but passenger confidence is slow to win but fast to lose.
However , if the main alternative is the A320 , then that doesn't help RR either .
So perhaps , it is all irrelevant to RR?

[dafrog] 20/3/2019 08:43

Another A350XWB order on twitter.

[standish11] 18/3/2019 09:09

BUZZ – Rolls – Royce: MS upgrades on improving cash flow quality
18 Mar 2019 07:37
* Morgan Stanley raises Britain's Rolls-Royce Holdings to "overweight" seeing scope to narrow valuation discount to closest peers
* MS expects Rolls-Royce to show stronger cash flow growth beyond 2020 than peers driven by restructuring efforts and share gain in the widebody installed base
* Says its fundamental argument is that RR is replacing lower quality cashflow with higher quality cashflow and views this as a stable, and growing, component of cash flow, which it expect to be more highly valued than recent working capital improvements
* Says improved visibility on RR's Trent 1000 engines costs, demonstrably increasing rigour on investments and progress on restructuring have increased its confidence in its mid-term FCF estimates
* MS raises target price to 1100p what implies 22.5 pct upside from last closing price.

[jackdaw4243] 02/3/2019 10:20

By the time they reach the same level of maturity as XWB we will not be using fossel fuels

[standish11] 01/3/2019 21:05

Rolls-Royce is not ruling out the possibility that it might partner with another engine manufacturer to power Boeing's New Mid-market Airplane.

The UK manufacturer disclosed today that it had withdrawn from the competition to develop a version of its UltraFan future engine for the proposed aircraft.

Alluding to in-service issues with the Trent 1000 engine, chief executive Warren East said during a financial results briefing that the manufacturer had learned from "bitter experience" that a newly developed engine needed "a certain level of maturity" before employment on an aircraft programme.

As there is "not sufficient overlap" between R-R's existing UltraFan programme and Boeing's NMA specifications, it would not be feasible to develop a new engine with sufficient maturity within the US airframer's timeframe, East says.

However, he says that R-R could become interested in a co-operation with another manufacturer to supply an NMA powerplant, if such an opportunity arose.

This would depend on which manufacturer was selected and whether that company and R-R then saw any merit in a potential partnership.

"We have see what happens," East cautions. But he says: "Of course, we are open."

[jackdaw4243] 01/3/2019 19:25

Warren East seems to have a grasp of the wrong end of the stick, he does not have a very healthy relationship with Boeing, a relationship maybe, they are aware of the AOG situation with Airbus.

With the geared fan Ultra they have to find a way of fixing it to the wing.

I am told that the Chinese engine production is highly confidential, management only and not for Derby employees.

[standish11] 01/3/2019 17:36

01 MARCH, 2019 SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM BY: MICHAEL GUBISCH LONDON
Rolls-Royce sees a range of potential applications for its UltraFan future engine programme, despite the UK manufacturer's withdrawal of its bid to power Boeing's proposed New Mid-market Airplane.

Speaking during a financial results briefing on 28 February, R-R chief executive Warren East acknowledged that GE Aviation had become a dominant engine supplier to Boeing, while R-R had moved into a similar position on Airbus long-haul aircraft.

He says, however, that R-R has no intention to further "accentuate" that situation.

GE is the sole engine supplier for the Boeing 777, 747-8 and in-development 777X, and currently provides the majority of engines for the 787 – the only in-production Boeing type on which an engine manufactured by R-R is offered as an option.

All 737s since the Classic generation have been powered by engines from CFM International, a manufacturer jointly owned by GE and Safran.

R-R, for its part, is Airbus's sole engine supplier for the A350 and A330neo, and will provide its Trent 900 engine for remaining A380 orders.

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Composite fan system testing for the UltraFan programme at R-R's Derby site

Rolls-Royce

East says the UltraFan programme – which involves a new engine core and geared fan architecture – is scalable to provide 25,000-100,000lb-plus (111kN-446kN) of thrust, making it suitable to power single-aisle and long-haul aircraft.

The first opportunity to provide an UltraFan variant will probably be on a long-haul aircraft, with the A350 being a likely candidate for a potential re-engining effort, East says.

But he asserts that R-R has a "very rich and very healthy" relationship with Boeing, and that he is "quite optimistic" that UltraFan will find application with both the US airframer and Airbus.

East says that while participation in the NMA programme would have been "very good" for R-R, the UK manufacturer considered it unfeasible to develop an UltraFan derivative with sufficient maturity within Boeing's timeframe.

[jackdaw4243] 01/3/2019 17:19

The Ultra doesn't appear to perform any better than the XWB.

[rayrac] 01/3/2019 16:42

So what do they put the Ultra engine into now...when it’s ready that is!?

RR need an entrepreneur or someone with a bit of vision.

[jackdaw4243] 01/3/2019 09:02

Withdrawing from the Boeing deal seems to make sense, I did suggest to a friend of mine in sales at Seattle they should try something new, design a plane that can use a tried and tested engine like the XWB that is funded and fuel efficient.

[topvest] 28/2/2019 20:54

Management lose credibility with this headline...

"Solid progress: results ahead of expectations"

That's a bit of an Interserve moment if you ask me. When you eventually get to the income statement you find out they made a loss before tax of nearly £3 billion!

[standish11] 28/2/2019 09:33

I am pleased to see that Rolls have learned some lessons from the Trent 1000 fiasco.
Perhaps they intend to try and make significant inroads into the China market as Bloomberg reported:-

Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is offering to build an aircraft engine assembly line in China as it chases a deal to supply turbines for the Asian nation’s first wide-body passenger jet, people familiar with the matter said.

The factory would also be able to make engines for Airbus SE’s A330neo jet, which the European planemaker is eager to get into the Chinese market, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the plans aren’t public. A representative for Rolls-Royce declined to comment.

The proposal comes as Rolls competes with General Electric Co. to power the CR929 wide-body plane being developed by Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., known as Comac, slated for commercial sales around 2025. The London-based group is offering a derivative of the Trent 7000 model that’s the sole engine option on the A330neo.

[rayrac] 28/2/2019 08:26

RR’s new Ulta engine is behind the curve then? Not ready for the Boeing new jetliner competition, so backed away.

That’s what is knocking the share price today?

[jackdaw4243] 17/2/2019 15:56

Interesting that "One in Four" Boeing,s go to China, presumably with P/W or GE engines. I "understand or maybe not" the plane makers can build and have orders for planes faster than the engine makers can supply. Surly room for a profit increase or just a profit from RR on some models.

[standish11] 14/2/2019 17:32

It's a pity that Etihad is discussing cancellation of its order for 42 A350s.

Hopefully Rolls will have some good news to announce with the final results in a fortnight to soften the blow.