Rolls-Royce wins $240m share of Vietnam Airlines deal

Rolls-Royce has won a $240m share of an order from Vietnam Airlines for V2500 engines to power 36 Airbus A321.

Deliveries of the aircraft, already on order, are scheduled to start in 2011.

Vietnam Airlines currently has 22 IAE-powered aircraft in service.

The V2500 is produced by the International Aero Engines consortium in which Rolls-Royce is a senior shareholder.

IAE\'s other partners are Pratt & Whitney, the Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines.