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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Rolls-Royce plans to sell electric flight division to focus on jet engines

A Rolls-Royce worker with the company's MT30 engine
A Rolls-Royce worker with the company's MT30 engine. Photograph: Rolls Royce/PA

Rolls-Royce will sell its electric flight division as it focuses on improving profits in its jet engine business, under a new plan from its chief executive, Tufan Erginbilgiç.

The FTSE 100 manufacturer will aim for record operating profits of between £2.5bn and £2.8bn a year, compared with £837m in 2022, it said in a strategy published on Tuesday.

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