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Old 23rd Feb 2003, 23:12
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I'm not so sure about that last comment (more jobs at Rolls-Royce).

Aren't the BA 744s all RB211-powered? Methinks Rolls relies on the sale of spare parts for the maintenance of these, and usually with a freighter conversion, utilisation drops quite a bit, so maintenance is less frequent, therefore less parts sales...

Of course, selling new Trents on the 777s means (eventually) substantial parts/service sales on those, but it takes quite a few years to build up a reasonable revenue...

I suspect Rolls has quite a few jobs yet to lose.
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