Boeing has unveiled a new "dual-feather" winglet design for its 737 MAX, aiming for an additional 1.5% fuel efficiency gain over Airbus's new sharklet winglets. This unique winglet features a split ...

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Boeing gave a new twist Wednesday to its design for the forthcoming 737 MAX jet: a raked, “dual feather” winglet it says will provide an extra 1.5 percent gain in fuel efficiency. That’s on top of the ...

Aviation Partners' Split Scimitar Winglets, showcased on a Boeing Business Jet, offer a 2.5% range boost over conventional winglets and have been sold 733 times to airlines for Boeing 737 retrofits.

Both the Airbus A350 and the Airbus A330neo feature variations on the blended and curved wingtip. This grants both jets efficiency improvements, reducing environmental costs and increasing revenues ...

Seattle-based Aviation Partners Inc.(API) is testing a futuristic-looking split scimitar blended winglet design. The split scimitar blended winglet is a follow-on design from API’s blended winglet ...

United Airlines has ordered a new, scimitar-shaped split-winglet designed by Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) as a retrofit for the Boeing 737NG series. The… United Airlines has ordered a new, ...

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 ...

If you've ever spent time staring out the window of your commercial flight, chances are you saw the wing of your airplane and the geometric extension at its end. Called a wingtip, that section is an ...

A potential aerodynamic retrofit to United Airlines' Boeing fleet could save the company more than $200 million in annual fuel costs, the airline announced Wednesday. A United Boeing 737-800, ...