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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Boeing calls the odd-looking, upturned wingtips on aircraft “blended winglets.” Airbus calls them “sharklets.” And Southwest Airlines, in ads, simply calls them “little doohickeys.” Whatever the name, ...

Aviation Partners (API) has said that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recently granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) retrofit on BBJ ...

In another move to save money and increase fuel efficiency, Boeing announced Monday at the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition that Split Scimitar Winglets are now standard on new all ...

United Airlines says it has become the world's first carrier to operate an airliner fitted with new "split scimitar" winglets on a commercial flight. United says in a Wednesday statement that the ...

SEATTLE, June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced today that Ukraine's SkyUp Airlines has become the first operator in Ukraine of its latest Split Scimitar Winglet ...

Boeing calls the odd-looking upturned wingtips on aircraft “blended winglets,” Airbus calls them “sharklets” and Southwest Airlines, in ads, simply calls them “little DooHickeys.” Whatever the name, ...

The Delta Air Lines fleet currently has more than 200 Boeing 737 family aircraft, including the 737-800 and 737-900ER, with an additional 100 737 MAX 10s on order, expected to begin delivery by 2027, ...