CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich
Corporation (NYSE: GR) has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to
provide nacelle maintenance services for British Airways under the
engine maker's Total Care support program. The contract is
scheduled to start upon delivery of British Airways' first Boeing
787 Dreamliner® aircraft in 2013. The agreement, which is the first
for a Boeing 787 under Goodrich Aerostructures' Prime Solutions®
suite of aftermarket services, will enable Rolls-Royce to provide
British Airways with a fully integrated propulsion system support
program.
Goodrich and Rolls-Royce have been working on the 787 propulsion
system since before program launch in 2004. "The Rolls-Royce Trent
1000 engine and the Goodrich nacelle system are highly
integrated. It makes sense to combine the two systems into an
all-encompassing service offering to optimize the support programs
of both organizations," said Goodrich Aerostructures president
Marc Duvall.
The nacelle support program will be managed in conjunction with
Rolls-Royce, and will use Goodrich's MRO (maintenance, repair and
overhaul) facility in Prestwick, Scotland. It will also take
advantage of Goodrich's global nacelle MRO presence to offer
support in all regions where the 787 Dreamliner will fly.
"As the original equipment manufacturer for the 787 nacelle,
Goodrich is uniquely positioned to provide this type of
comprehensive maintenance program this early in the airplane's
lifecycle," said Paul Farsetta, vice
president and general manager Aftermarket Services for Goodrich
Aerostructures. "This agreement also paves the way for
Rolls-Royce to provide these same nacelle services to other
customers."
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global
supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland
security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified
portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global
customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service
facilities. For more information visit http://www.goodrich.com.
Goodrich Corporation operates
through its divisions and as a parent company for its subsidiaries,
one or more of which may be referred to as "Goodrich Corporation"
in this press release.
SOURCE Goodrich Corporation; GR - Nacelles and Interior
Systems