Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced it has launched its new Split Scimitar Winglet program with an order from United Airlines. Using a newly patented design, the program will consist of ...

Not content with the most productive fuel-hedging program in the business, Southwest Airlines will install winglets on 90 more of its aircraft; this time, 737-300s. The deal is the first involving the ...

Budget carrier Ryanair is to retrofit scimitar winglets across more than 400 Boeing 737-800s in its fleet, in order to trim fuel consumption. The retrofit programme will commence during the winter ...

Jet2 is expecting to complete a winglet modification programme for its Boeing 737-800 fleet this summer. The UK leisure carrier has 93 737-800s and is retrofitting dozens of them with split-scimitar ...

This proposal is based on a projected block fuel burn improvement of 2.6 percent for a 500 nmi stage and 4.4 percent for a 2,000 nmi stage and could save up to 100,000 gallons of fuel per aircraft per ...

(Reuters) - Boeing Co has designed a new winglet for its upcoming 737 MAX, a step the plane-maker says will provide greater fuel efficiency than originally promised for the upgrade of its best-selling ...

China Eastern Airlines placed an order with Aviation Partners Boeing for six 737-700 blended winglet shipsets that will be installed between February and August 2006. Currently, China Eastern ...

In one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" stories, an airline passenger looks out the window of a commercial plane and is horrified to see a monstrous gremlin on the wing. If you were to do the same ...