As the Trent 500 engines are half the maintenance cost of the A340, Rolls-Royce proposed a cost-reducing maintenance plan similar to the company's existing program that reduced the cost of maintaining the RB211 engine powering Iberia's Boeing 757 freighters.
Como os motores Trent 500 son a metade dos custos de mantemento do A340, Rolls-Royce propuxo un plan de reducións de custos semellante ao programa que reduce os custos de mantemento dos motores RB211 da frota de Boeing 757 de carga de Iberia.