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.

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 ...

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.

The first Airbus A320neo is in final assembly in Toulouse, France, and on track for its maiden flight later this year and initial customer delivery in 2015. With more than 2,600 orders from 50 ...

Airbus A320 with sharklets. Courtesy, Airbus Airbus has completed installation of the first set of sharklet wing-tip devices on the company’s A320 development aircraft (MSN 001), preparing for ...

Budget carrier Spring Airlines Co Ltd received its first Airbus A320 with Sharklets on Tuesday, expanding its fleet size to 38. The aircraft equipped with Sharklets fuel-saving wingtip devices ...

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.

He further explained that the Sharklets’ differ from conventional winglets in their contour and shape, resulting in an 1,100-pound increase in payload or 110 nm in extra range, to 3,350 nm in an ...

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.

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.

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 ...