British engine maker Rolls-Royce met forecasts with a 21 percent rise in full-year profit, boosted by continued demand from airlines for more fuel-efficient planes, and said it expected further progress in 2012, Reuters reported. 'We had a good year in terms of civil aerospace and we are positive on it looking ahead given the airlines' capacity growth and their need to reduce the fuel bill,' chief executive John Rishton told reporters on Thursday. Rolls, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group General Electric, reported underlying 2011 pretax profit of 1.16 billion pounds ($1.83 billion), compared with a forecast for 1.15 billion. The company, whose website says a Rolls-Royce powered aircraft takes off or lands every 2.5 seconds, said revenue rose 4 percent to 11.3 billion pounds. The full-year dividend was lifted 9 percent to 17.5 pence. The result was helped by its acquisition of German engine maker Tognum last year and the 950 million pound sale of its stake in International Aero Engines.