I have a real soft spot for the Tent 1000 because of the time I spent with ANA. Both the Trent 7000 and the Trent 1000 have not always been in the best place when it comes to turbine blade durability but sharing a common hot section is now starting to be a benefit rather than a hindrance as we can leverage the combined experience from the two engines to develop improvements.
The Trent 7000 got its first update in late 2022 and our CEO mentioned yesterday at the full year results that he was with Boeing and the FAA last week to talk about how we get that same fix into the Trent 1000 by the end of this year.
But even more exciting than that, it's the fact we can now talk about the next phase of improvements which will improve time on wing by up to 30% through a combination of improvements to the hot section - combustors, guide vanes and turbine blades.
This isn't the end of the story for the Trent 7000 and Trent 1000. We're, hopefully, turning the page where the story was about the pain and disruption we've caused to our customers and ourselves - and we can start talking more optimistically about what comes next!
Very happy to be here at Singapore Airshow talking to customers about the more than £1bn investment we are making on improving our Trent family of engines.
Already the most successful engine family ever, we have listened to our customers and we are taking learnings from our existing technology demonstration programmes to drive durability improvements across the Trent 7000 and Trent 1000.
Watch the video to learn more.
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Can't wait to check out the Joby aircraft in VR at #OSH24!