Winglet designer and manufacturer, Aviation Partners, has asked a US court in Seattle to place an injunction on all new sales of sharklet-equipped Airbus A320s. The injunction request by Aviation ...

Airbus received an order for the ACJ319 with the Sharklet winglet option from a Chinese customer. The order is the first for that version of the ACJ319, but is among about 25 orders Airbus has ...

Didn’t we already meet? That might be a first reaction after seeing a picture of Airbus’ new fuel-saving “Sharklet” wing extensions on a new A320 jetliner. The “new” devices are a dead ringer for ...

JetBlue Airways unveiled its first Airbus A320 outfitted with sharklet winglets on 21 February. The winglets will result in an about 3% fuel burn reduction and either increase the range of the ...

Winglets, sharklets — call them what you like, but the Boeing Co. no longer has the exclusive on fuel-saving wing-tip devices for jets. An Airbus A320 equipped with sharklets has completed its first ...

Airbus is confident that performance upgrades in the pipeline for its single-aisle family will give its largest model, the A321, a sufficient range boost for a genuine shot at the huge Boeing 757-200 ...

Winglets have been growing in popularity as an add-on to fuel hungry airplanes around the planet. Attached at the extremity of each wing, they act to manage the flow of air passing the craft, reducing ...

The story of the Boeing 757 and its winglets isn’t about fixing a mistake. It’s about how a strong design adapted as the ...

(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 ...

Boeing on Wednesday unveiled a new double-edged winglet that it says will save more fuel on its re-engined 737 MAX airplane. The interesting thing is that it looks something like a supersized version ...