(FT) -- Rolls-Royce has won a long-term contract worth $2.2bn with Emirates, the Gulf airline, to service Trent engines on 70 Airbus A350XWB aircraft.
The aerospace and engineering group on Monday said that the deal would bring all of Emirates' 128 Rolls-Royce powered aircraft in service and on order under its TotalCare service arrangements.
For every engine it sells, Rolls-Royce offers a long-term service arrangement such as the TotalCare package for its airline customers. Rolls-Royce said that TotalCare long term service agreements are now in place for 90 percent of the 2,000 Trent engines in service.
Rolls-Royce, which employs 39,000 people in more than 50 countries, declined to confirm the length of the contract, but such deals are usually for a minimum of 10-years and could cover twice that period.
Mark King, president of the group's civil aerospace division, said: "With this contract all of Emirates' Rolls-Royce powered fleet are, or will be, supported by TotalCare packages that add significant value and allow customers to optimize their operations".
Tim Clark, president of Emirates, said: "This contract with Rolls-Royce is an important step in ensuring our A350XWB engine life cycle costs are managed effectively and maintained to the highest standards. We look forward to maintaining this relationship with Rolls-Royce to drive additional operational improvements".
Last month, British Airways completed a contract with the enginemaker to buy as much as £5bn ($8bn) worth of Trent 900s and Trent 1000 engines.
News of Monday's contract win follows Rolls-Royce's full-year results last week, where the enginemaker took a £56m ($89.96m) charge relating to problems with the Trent 900 engine, which powers the Airbus A380 superjumbo.
In November a near-catastrophic failure on a Qantas Airways A380 flight forced an emergency landing in Singapore, after the engine exploded during flight and damaged the aircraft's wing, undercarriage and fuselage.
The Sydney-bound jet made an emergency landing in Singapore after some of the 433 passengers aboard said they heard a loud explosion. A day later a second Qantas passenger jet was forced to abort a flight because of problems with its Rolls-Royce engine.
Rolls-Royce's full-year figures were the final results presented by Sir John Rose, who next month will step down from the chief executive role that he has held since 1996.
Under his tenure, Rolls-Royce's annual revenue expanded from £3.6bn to £11bn ($17.67), profit rose more than fivefold, and the order book swelled from £8bn to £59bn ($94.7bn). John Rishton has been appointed to succeed Sir John.
Rolls-Royce shares, which have risen 30 percent over the past 12 months, on Monday rose 3p, or 0.5 percent, to 660½p. CNN
