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The Guardian - UK
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Rolls-Royce ready to rejoin smaller jet engines market, says boss

A worker inspects an airplane engine at the Rolls Royce factory in Derby.
A worker inspects an airplane engine at the Rolls Royce factory in Derby. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Observer

Rolls-Royce’s new boss has said the British company is ready to rejoin the market for smaller jet engines once manufacturers build a new generation of planes.

Tufan Erginbilgic told reporters at the Paris air show on Tuesday that the company was “actually ready” to re-enter the market for engines for single-aisle jets, although it would probably take a decade for a new opportunity to come up.

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