DUBAI, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Dubai’s Emirates said Thursday
it has reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce over a “technical issue” relating to the engines of Airbus’s A380 superjumbo, and confirmed receiving one plane this week.
The carrier also said it “will continue to receive deliveries of both
A380s and (Boeing) 777s in 2017.”
“Emirates can confirm that we have come to an agreement with
Rolls-Royce on the technical issue relating to engines for our A380s. We have received delivery of our first Rolls-Royce powered A380s this week,” a spokesperson told AFP.
It will take delivery of two more units “before the end of this
year.”
Airbus said Wednesday it delivered the first A380 to Emirates
equipped with a Rolls-Royce engine, a day after it said it was postponing for a year the planned delivery of 12 units.
The delay was linked to the Emirates’s wish to purchase the finest
Rolls-Royce engines, an informed source said.