Airbus built A320neo family jets and retrofitted A320ceos with Sharklets after the technology was developed and the benefits ...

Airbus plans to start an initial series of pre-certification flight trials of its A320 winglet design in October. Airbus had previously flight tested several winglet options, but has picked a ...

(CNN) — What caught your eye the last time you looked out of your airplane window? It might have been the winglet, a now ubiquitous appendage at the end of each wing, often used by airlines to display ...

Delivered in partnership with Airbus, easyJet will retrofit all of its remaining A320ceo aircraft with Airbus-manufactured ...

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 is equipped with a new, split scimitar winglet that adds a downward foil to the vertical one. Winglets cut drag and add to fuel savings. Boeing calls the odd-looking ...

Boeing calls the odd-looking upturned wingtips on aircraft “blended winglets,” Airbus calls them “sharklets” and Southwest Airlines, in ads, simply calls them “little doohickeys.” Whatever the name, ...

Airbus is seeing better-than-expected fuel-burn savings during initial flight trials of its A320 winglet upgrade, called Sharklets. The company was hoping for a fuel-burn improvement of up to 3.5% on ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 is equipped with a new, split scimitar winglet that adds a downward foil to the vertical one.