Originally Posted by
Kerosene Kraut
What will RR do after Brexit? Move engine fabrication to the continent?
Short answer is yes, if it makes sense. RR announced in April they were looking at move large jet certification to Germany. Final assembly lines are XWB line in Germany ( in addition to Derby) and Trent 900 and 1000 lines in Singapore.
Short term can anything be delivered out of the UK from next year if we crash out of the EU. Long term the problem for the UK in the future is if RR want to increase production do you do it in the UK or in Germany or at Seletar. Then maybe you have to make cuts: maybe the UK line is more difficult to get stuff from because of the customs paperwork or whatever. It's a competitive market for this high tech work and common rules across the EU, partly written by the UK, was one of our strengths.