Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powers Airbus A330neo test flight

The Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powered the new Airbus A330neo for its first test flight on 19 October with the aircraft taking off from the Airbus facility in Toulouse, in France. The flight also marks an important milestone for Rolls-Royce as it celebrates its third ‘first flight’ in less than 12 months, the others being the Trent XWB-97 and Trent 1000 TEN, “an unprecedented achievement in the aerospace industry.”