Typical journo work: incomplete and inaccurate
"The deal will be a blow to Rolls Royce who are bidding to win a share of the engine market for the worlds' biggest passenger jet. This latest Alliance success means it is leading the field in the race to power the A380 with 32 aircraft now committed to the GP7000."
Mind you the RR engine will be the motor powering the first aircraft, and up until the Mrats order RR was leading the order book over the GP engine.. .I am not bashing the GP, just the journo. I would have said "RR is bidding to win the majority of orders, and had so far been leading the race". . .Still quite a blow to RR, since as far as I know the rest of the Mrats 330/777 fleet is RR Trent powered. But not putting all eggs in one basket is perhaps the flavour of the day ?
And on a related note: Brand new aircraft + brand new engine ... hope they test it throughly "on the line", as any significant technical delays once in service, will have a major impact and could very well result in yet more journo crap.