The A350's winglets are much larger than the A330neo's, an aircraft that partially followed the A350's winglet design.

While modern widebody aircraft like the A330neo, A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 777X use sleek blended or raked wingtips, the Airbus A380 Superjumbo instead uses fenced wingtips found on the Airbus ...

The A330neo uses blended Sharklets wingtip devices benefiting from the development of wingtips for the A350 and A320neo.

Air Arabia has decided to switch some of its Airbus A320 orders to aircraft fitted with winglets Airbus has started offering to increase the range and weight performance of its single-aisle product.

Airbus also expressed concern over potential long-term effects on the structural integrity of the wing due to stress imparted by winglet forces. 9 An implication to be drawn is that the wing may ...

The carrier appears to be following a similar practice to that of Southwest Airlines and others ...

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 fitted with large, non-standard winglets was seen conducting multiple flights out of San Bernardino (Calif.) International Airport in the latter half of January. The ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's Airbus plans to upgrade its A380 superjumbo with fuel-saving wingtip devices, or winglets, in an effort to boost slow sales of the mammoth jet, two people familiar with the ...

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 ...

This chapter reviews the results of previous studies and deployment of wingtip devices on existing commercial and military aircraft. On the commercial side, the experience and decision processes of ...