Re Contract

19 June, 2007

            ROLLS-ROYCE TRENTS FOR AVIANCA - FIRST IN LATIN AMERICA            

Colombia's Avianca has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent engines for up to 30 widebody
jets from Airbus and Boeing. The potential value of the contract to Rolls-Royce
is $1.1 billion at catalogue prices. In addition, all the engines will be
supported by Rolls-Royce under 10-year TotalCare service agreements.

The order - the first for the Trent in Latin America - consists of Trent 1000
engines for ten firm plus ten option Boeing 787s, and Trent 700s to power five
firm and five option A330s.

Avianca's President, Fabio Villegas, said: "Our evaluation proved the Trent
solution was ideal for our operations. Reliability and payload performance were
key factors in our choice of the Trent 700, and while incorporating latest
technologies, the new Trent 1000 retains strong family characteristics which
make it the best option for our 787s."

Mike Terrett, President, Civil Aerospace at Rolls-Royce commented: "Avianca has
a clear vision of how its future will be shaped, and we're proud to be part of
its plans. The Trent family's record, and the design commonality which runs
throughout the engine series, has clearly been influential in this decision."

The Trent 1000 is the launch engine for all versions of the 787 Dreamliner,
which enters service in 2008. It is well on the way to achieving certification
by the airworthiness authorities, on schedule, later this year. The first pair
of engines has been delivered to Boeing ready for the 787's rollout next month.

The Trent 700 is the market leader on the A330 with a 44 per cent share of
orders. The engine is the most powerful available for the A330, and has
improved fuel efficiency thanks to the incorporation of latest technologies
from the Trent 1000.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

 1. Avianca, the first airline founded in the Americas, is part of the Synergy
    Group, which also has economic interests in Brazil's Oceanair, and
    Ecuador's Vipsa. With more than six thousand (6,000) direct employees and a
    fleet of 51 short, middle and long haul aircraft, Avianca directly operates
    to 20 destinations in Colombia and 19 cities in America and Europe. From
    its Bogota hub, it offers an average of 300 flights a day among
    destinations in Colombia and abroad. Travellers have a wide range of
    choices for connections among directly operated destinations, or through
    170 interline or code-share agreements with major international airlines.
    Besides offering air transportation to passengers, Avianca also offers
    tourist services, cargo, courier as well as air transportation services to
    third parties through its business units Deskubra, Deprisa and Avianca
    Services. For more information, enter: www.avianca.com  
   
 2. Rolls-Royce is present throughout Latin America, where the Rolls-Royce
    Brazil aftermarket centre at Sao Paolo in Brazil has served the region
    since it was established more than 50 years ago.
   
 3. It has supplied more than 2,000 AE3007 engines to Embraer for the ERJ 145
    series of regional aircraft and Embraer also built the Rolls-Royce powered
    AMX aircraft for the Brazilian air force.
   
 4. In the energy sector, particularly oil and gas, Rolls-Royce is a major
    supplier to Petrobras.
   
 5. Rolls-Royce is working hard to improve the environmental impact of its
    products. Each year Rolls-Royce, in collaboration with its partners,
    invests around £700 million on research and development, two thirds of
    which has the objective of reducing the environmental impact of its
    products. This technology investment is primarily aimed at reducing noise
    and emissions.
   
 6. TotalCare agreements, tailored for individual operators, offer a range of
    services extending to aspects of support such as latest predictive
    maintenance, asset and logistics management, as well as repair and
    overhaul. TotalCare offers the opportunity to remove uncertainties from
    engine management and provides airlines with greater financial confidence
    from managing predictable costs.
   
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