An Airbus A320 equipped with sharklets has completed its first flight, the jet maker said Wednesday. Airbus predicts the wing-tip device will cut fuel burn by 3.5 percent on its single-aisle aircraft.

Malaysia's AirAsia technically was the first to fly an Airbus A320 with sharklets, though Air New Zealand earned the launch customer designation since it was the first to order one.

Air New Zealand recevra 10 A320 équipés de Sharklets au total. Grâce à ces dispositifs, les utilisateurs de l'A320 auront le choix entre accroître leur autonomie de quelque 100 nm ou ...

Le 13 décembre 2012, le transporteur a passé une nouvelle commande auprès d'Airbus portant sur 100 appareils supplémentaires de la famille A320, dont 36 A320ceo équipés de Sharklets.

JetBlue is the first airline to install sharklets on an A320 after production in the world, and the first in North America to operate the aircraft with the winglets. AviancaTaca, IndiGo and ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - JetBlue Airways announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with Airbus to acquire 110 ship-sets of retrofit Sharklets for the airline's in-service A320 aircraft.

Airbus is expecting the first new-build aircraft for its A320 sharklets wing-tip programme to join the test regime in May, after promising results from initial flights with an early airframe.

Airbus and the world’s largest A320 customer AirAsia announced that the airline will become the first operator of the A320 with ‘Sharklets’ when they take delivery of the first A320 equipped ...

(Boursier.com) — Le premier A320 neuf équipé des nouveaux "sharklets", ces dispositifs de bout de voilure destinés à économiser du carburant, est sorti des ateliers à Toulouse.

Airbus completed the first new-build A320 equipped with sharklets in Toulouse in April and previously said it expected the first member of the family to enter service from the fourth quarter of 2012.

PARIS (Dow Jones)--L'avionneur européen Airbus a annoncé mercredi que la compagnie aérienne nationale des Emirats Arabes Unis, Etihad Airways, avait dans le but d'équiper 17 de ses futurs A320 ...

Le 13 décembre 2012, le transporteur a passé une nouvelle commande auprès d'Airbus portant sur 100 appareils supplémentaires de la famille A320, dont 36 A320ceo équipés de Sharklets.