Rolls Royce will £6.1bn engne deal

[HoHoHo]

It appears RR have won a £6.1bn engine deal to supply Emirates with power plants for 50 A380's

The largest deal ever for RR........

£6.1bn deal

Well done, a great win for the UK and industries associated with the product

[Simpo Two]

Almost as much as Tescos lost!

[Lost soul]

I saw this , 50 A380's !!!!! are Emirates really buying 50 of them !!!

[HoHoHo]

Simpo Two said:

Almost as much as Tescos lost!

I'd not thought of that!

[HoHoHo]

Lost soul said:

I saw this , 50 A380's !!!!! are Emirates really buying 50 of them !!!

I think they've already got around 40 in service already.

Brilliant, brilliant aircraft and I love flying on them

[Simpo Two]

HoHoHo said:

I'd not thought of that!

I deduce that Tesco has bought the engines...

Look out for TescoAir...

[zasker]

I think they have orders to bring their fleet to well over a hundred

[aeropilot]

zasker said:

I think they have orders to bring their fleet to well over a hundred

[Hooli]

zasker said:

I think they have orders to bring their fleet to well over a hundred

Do that many people fly at once?

That could solve the over crowding in a small country!

[aeropilot]

Hooli said:

zasker said:

I think they have orders to bring their fleet to well over a hundred

Do that many people fly at once?

That could solve the over crowding in a small country!

Emirates also have 150 of the newer gen 777-8X and 777-9X a/c on order from Boeing as well.....

[Du1point8]

in 2013 Delta had nearly 1300 planes in its fleet.

Though not sure how many of those are full on passenger jets.

[subirg]

Du1point8 said:

in 2013 Delta had nearly 1300 planes in its fleet.

Though not sure how many of those are full on passenger jets.

A few of the US carriers have shed loads of planes (Delta, United, American to name but 3). However, most of their fleet is mid size short haul stuff - MD80s, 737s, A320s that kind of stuff. Not much more than 150 pax a go. Emirates fleet is mostly 300+ seat long haul monsters.

[Arbs]

Excuse my ignorance, I'm guessing that's 4 engines per 50 planes? £6bn seems a lot? Guess that includes prolonged maintanance and service?

[Mojocvh]

HoHoHo said:

Lost soul said:

I saw this , 50 A380's !!!!! are Emirates really buying 50 of them !!!

I think they've already got around 40 in service already.

Brilliant, brilliant aircraft and I love flying on them

One of my previous was A380, installing FTI to record all environmental conditions throughout the cabin zones, temp/humidity etc, seems they got their sums right then

[HoHoHo]

Mojocvh said:

HoHoHo said:

Lost soul said:

I saw this , 50 A380's !!!!! are Emirates really buying 50 of them !!!

I think they've already got around 40 in service already.

Brilliant, brilliant aircraft and I love flying on them

One of my previous was A380, installing FTI to record all environmental conditions throughout the cabin zones, temp/humidity etc, seems they got their sums right then

Who give a st about temp/humidity when you get as much to drink as you like (even in the cheap seats )

[Simpo Two]

Athough I seem to recall from this very forum that aero engines are leased not sold - so there will be a leasing company growing fat too.

[HoHoHo]

Simpo Two said:

Athough I seem to recall from this very forum that aero engines are leased not sold - so there will be a leasing company growing fat too.

And I bet that figure includes running costs over a number of years

[onyx39]

Hooli said:

zasker said:

I think they have orders to bring their fleet to well over a hundred

Do that many people fly at once?

That could solve the over crowding in a small country!

I have had a theory for a while that Airbus have possibly sold the new aircraft at a heavy discount, to replace some of the earliest into entry service. which will allow the 2nd hand aircraft into the market for customers who want to buy 2nd hand?

[russ_a]

The engines will be leased direct from RR.

[steve j]

Good news indeed, I build the wing rear spars in Bristol, lots of work then