Re Contract

20 October, 2005

          ROLLS-ROYCE WINS $600 MILLION SHARE OF INDIAN ENGINE ORDER           

Rolls-Royce has won business worth $600 million as its share of an order for
V2500 engines from IndiGo, the Indian low-cost start-up airline.

Delhi-based IndiGo has selected the V2500 to power a fleet of 100 Airbus A320
family aircraft. It is the single biggest firm order ever received by
International Aero Engines (IAE), the consortium which produces the V2500, in
which Rolls-Royce is a senior shareholder.

Mike Terrett, President - Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce, said: "This is a
significant, strategic success for IAE and Rolls-Royce in the burgeoning Indian
market. It also means that the V2500 remains the only engine type selected by
private sector airlines in India which have ordered the A320 series of
airliners."

IndiGo becomes the launch customer for V2500Selectâ„¢, a combined engine upgrade
and aftermarket support programme, which improves fuel burn, reduces operating
costs and offers time-on-wing improvements. Engine upgrades are planned to be
released to production in 2008 and will be retrofittable to the in-service
fleet.

NOTE TO EDITORS

1 The V2500-A5 engine is available at seven different thrust ratings from
22,000lb to 33,000lb, powering the Airbus A319, A320, A321 and the A319
Corporate Jet.

2 IAE is a multinational consortium whose shareholders, apart from Rolls-Royce,
are Pratt & Whitney of the United States, the Japanese Aero Engines Corporation
and MTU Aero Engines of Germany.

3 More than 1,050 V2500-powered aircraft have been delivered, and the worldwide
fleet has accumulated over 33 million flying hours.

For further information contact:

Martin Johnson
Vice President - Communications
Rolls-Royce
Derby DE24 8BJ
UK

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