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Turkish Airlines has selected Rolls-Royce to provide Trent 700 engines for its four newly ordered Airbus A330 freighter aircraft.

The deal worth $300m also includes TotalCare service support, which is said to minimise customer financial risk and improve operational performance and reliability.

Turkish Airlines currently operates Trent 700-powered 11 A330ceo passenger and five A330-200 freighter airliners.

Rolls-Royce civil large engines chief customer officer Dominic Horwood said: "This is further demonstration of the market’s continued demand for both the A330 and the Trent 700.

"Turkish Airlines currently operates Trent 700-powered 11 A330ceo passenger and five A330-200 freighter airliners."

"We are proud that Turkish Airlines has continued to demonstrate its confidence in the Trent 700’s ability to deliver outstanding economic performance."

Rolls-Royce said that Trent 700 offers enhanced fuel burn, emissions and noise performance, and was selected by 90% of A330 freighters in service and on order.

The engine attracted more than 60% of new orders over the past three years, and similar percentage on future A330ceo deliveries, Rolls-Royce said.

Trent 700 is said to be the largest in-service Trent engine with more than 1,500 engines in service or on firm order.

Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil said: "The A330-200F freighter aircraft have demonstrated outstanding operational reliability and performance for our cargo transport operations."

The airline’s Airbus fleet comprises 91 single-aisle aircraft, two A310 freighters, 17 A330-200, 18 A330-300, five A330-200F and six A340s.

Image: Turkish Airlines operates Trent 700-powered 11 A330ceo passenger and five A330-200 freighter airliners. Photo: courtesy of Rolls-Royce plc.