Lufthansa is sticking with its Rolls-Royce engines on the A380

Lufthansa Airbus A380-841 F-WWSH (D-AIMA) (msn 038) XFW (Gerd Beilfuss) (first LH A380), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Lufthansa (Frankfurt) is being loyal with its Rolls-Royce engines for the Airbus A380 according to CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber as reported in the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) according to this Reuters report.

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