LONDON (Reuters) -Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic said on Tuesday it was “even more true” that the British jet engine maker would like to enter the narrowbody plane market, preferably through a partnership.
Speaking at the Paris Airshow, Erginbilgic said Rolls-Royce was talking to multiple potential partners, while adding it does not see a new narrowbody aircraft before 2035.
He said the opportunity in the narrowbody, or single-aisle, plane market could be the first use of the company’s UltraFan technology, adding that it could invest another 3 billion pounds ($4.1 billion) in the UltraFan programme.
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(Reporting by Paul Sandle. Editing by Mark Potter)
