Rolls Royce will £6.1bn engne deal

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onyx39 said:

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?

Air France not supporting a European engine manufacture!

[Mave]

Probably trying to keep GE sweet to keep snecma on the CFM replacement.

[fatboy b]

steve j said:

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

Wasn't there rumours that wing production was moving to China?

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fatboy b said:

Wasn't there rumours that wing production was moving to China?

I can't see a lot of point; the only thing you're saving on would be wages, and that's a pretty small part of overhead compared to materials, machinery and factory costs. I could believe it if Airbus did it in exchange for the chinese buying a stload of aircraft though.

[BOBTEE]

Rumour from a Friend that works at RR is this deal won't create any new jobs and planned redundancies will still go through...

[HoHoHo]

BOBTEE said:

Rumour from a Friend that works at RR is this deal won't create any new jobs and planned redundancies will still go through...

That's sad - I thought £6.1bn was quite a lot of money

[russ_a]

Not for those getting a big payout and final salary pension!!