GE venture wins Airbus engine deal
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- A joint venture of General Electric and United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney says it has won a new order to supply engines for 21 Emirates airline A380 superjumbos in a deal worth more than $1.5 billion.
An official at Engine Alliance told Reuters Monday that the venture will be supplying the engines for all 43 of the A380s Emirates has ordered from Airbus, as well as two A380s it plans to lease from AIG unit ILSC.
Britain's Rolls-Royce is the only other manufacturer that supplies engines for the A380, a 555-seat plane that will begin flying with airlines from 2006.
Airbus has received orders from nine airlines for 121 superjumbos, each of which is equipped with four engines.
The Engine Alliance will be supplying 191 of its GP7200 engines to Emirates for its Airbus planes. An additional eight engines are being supplied to ILSC for the two A380s that ILSC is leasing to Emirates.
Separately, GE Aircraft Engines announced it would construct a new jet engine test facility for Emirates in Dubai by 2006.
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