By Robert Wall
LONDON--Emirates Airline is poised to pick Rolls-Royce Holdings
PLC to power the airline's latest batch of Airbus Group NV A380
superjumbos, according to people familiar with the matter.
Emirates in November 2013 said it would buy 50 more A380
double-deckers, though it held off on making an engine decision.
The Dubai-based airline, the world's largest by international
traffic, has now opted for Rolls-Royce, said two of the people. The
Engine Alliance, a joint venture between General Electric Co. and
Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., provided
the engines for Emirates' initial order of A380s.
The deal for Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines could have a
list-price value of more than $2.5 billion, though large buyers
typically get discounts. The airline could make its engine decision
public as early as this week, one of the people said.
Write to Robert Wall at robert.wall@wsj.com
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