Study for blended design revealed on eve of launch for similar product for 767-300ER Aviation Partners Boeing is studying a blended winglet design for the 777-200ER variant as it approaches the launch ...

The A350 is regarded as a thing of beauty by many aviation enthusiasts for a number of reasons, but the integrated, curved, and tall wingtips are a key reason. Rather than sticking out from the wing's ...

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 ...

image: Although, winglets have been around since the mid-1970s, there is still a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and angles. Analyzing winglets to find the optimal characteristics to result in the ...

We might all be familiar with the efficiency benefits that winglets can provide, but our ideas of what they’re supposed to look like are quickly changing. Boeing on Wednesday revealed the design for ...

Airbus will begin flight-testing winglets for the A320 family next month to evaluate various designs under development with US carrier JetBlue Airways. Airbus says it will flight-test two different ...

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 ...

United Airlines announced in November last year that it aims to cut its fuel costs by $1 billion annually by 2017. Recently, the carrier announced that it took a key step towards achieving that ...