LONDON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC announced Wednesday it received a $1.5 billion order for aircraft engines from China Eastern Airlines.
The Trent 700 engines, first installed on Airbus A330 planes, will power 15 China Eastern planes, a Rolls-Royce statement said. The airline currently operates 51 planes with the Trent 700 engine, and 20 larger Airbus planes with another Rolls-Royce engine, the Trent XWB.