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Rolls-Royce engines to power new Airbus Beluga transporter aircraft

Rolls-Royce engines to power new Airbus Beluga transporter aircraft

By REUTERS

Participants arrive in their vintage Rolls-Royce convertible car during the British Car Meeting 2015 in the village of Mollis, east of Zurich, August 30, 2015. Some 1,300 owners of vintage British cars took part in the annual meeting. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

LONDON: Britain's Rolls-Royce  said it was selected by Airbus (AIR.PA) to provide Trent 700 engines and long-term maintenance services for five new Beluga XL transporter aircraft, in a deal worth $700 million. Beluga aircraft had in the past been powered by engines made by Rolls-Royce's rival General Electric. The announcement strikes a more positive tone for Rolls-Royce, which is under pressure after issuing a string of profit warnings - the most recent of which was blamed on difficulties in its main aero engines business.