Rolls-Royce is the world's number one engine maker for business jets with a 34 per cent market share in 2005 (by value).

Rolls-Royce and partners powered more than 200 of more than 700 business jets delivered in 2005 and 1,800 operators with 2,600 business jets rely on engines.

Rolls-Royce has been a key player in the business jet market since the late 1950s. During the 1990s corporate aircraft deliveries tripled and Rolls-Royce secured its position as the world number one in the sector, designing and building a new generation of efficient and reliable engines for pioneering aircraft.

The number of business jet applications powered by Rolls-Royce, including joint-venture engines, has increased from one to 13 in the last decade. The company and its partners now have the distinction of powering the world's fastest, longest range, largest and lightest business jets, plus a corporate jetliner. This includes aircraft built by Airbus, Bombardier, Cessna, Embraer, Gulfstream, Raytheon and Sino Swearingen.