Rolls-Royce wins $300 million engine order from Qatar Airways

DUBAI (Reuters) – Rolls-Royce Plc (RR.L ) said on Monday that it had won a $300 million order from Qatar Airways for Trent 700 engines to power five Airbus (EAD.PA ) aircraft.

Qatar Airways on Sunday ordered five new Airbus A330-200 freighter aircraft with options for an additional eight aircraft in a deal valued at $2.8 billion.

Rolls-Royce had also won an order worth $5 billion from Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways on Sunday for Trent XWB engines to power 50 Airbus (EAD.PA ) A350 aircraft.

(Reporting by Dinesh Nair- Editing by Bernardo Vizcaino)