R-R closes on A340-600 powerplant deal

Rolls-Royce is in "advanced negotiations" with Airbus Industrie on supplying a Trent "shrink" to power the stretched A340-600 long-range airliner, with a senior source at the consortium's French partner Aerospatiale predicting a deal by mid-April.

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