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  1. Armand2REP

    Brexit, EU referendum

    The EU produced these maps showing where Brexit customs checks will take place after Boris Johnson claimed there wouldn't be any Thomas Colson 4 hours ago British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he watches a performance during celebrations for Chinese Lunar New Year at Downing Street...
  2. Armand2REP

    Brexit, EU referendum

    It doesn't matter to RR what the value is of the Airbus orderbook, it matters what they are getting paid for their engines and the Emirati order for Trent 900 is the largest order ever received worth $9.2 billion. The engines they provided have suffered catastrophic failures due to low quality...
  3. Armand2REP

    Brexit, EU referendum

    I said it would be gutted, I didn't say it would cease to exist. Widebody isn't even a large segment of the order book. The A380 is the biggest order Rolls-Royce has and if the Emirates hadn't placed the emergency order it was going to be shut down. That in and of itself would have gutted...
  4. Armand2REP

    Brexit, EU referendum

    I am still trying to figure out why you think RR would stop selling engines to its biggest client? Whatever tariffs are placed on it would simply be paid the same as GE and PW. The reason Airbus would close down UK production is that it doesn't want to pay tariffs to import its own parts.
  5. Armand2REP

    Brexit, EU referendum

    Rolls-Royce is a supplier the same as GE and PW, it is not a part of the Airbus family.
  6. Armand2REP

    Brexit, EU referendum

    If they go forward with Brexit the UK aerospace sector will be gutted. Airbus controls 15,000 jobs directly and 7,000 through the Bombardier acquisition that are all located in UK. The tariff rate being outside the single market will not make it viable for Airbus to keep business there.
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