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 ...

Boeing unveiled a new "dual-feather" winglet design for its 737 MAX, featuring a unique split-tip with one tip pointing up and the other down. This innovative winglet is projected to deliver an ...

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 ...

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, ...

Both the Airbus A350 and the Airbus A330neo feature variations on the blended and curved wingtip. This grants both jets efficiency improvements, reducing environmental costs and increasing revenues ...

In one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" stories, an airline passenger looks out the window of a commercial plane and is horrified to see a monstrous gremlin on the wing. If you were to do the same ...

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 ...

A potential aerodynamic retrofit to United Airlines' Boeing fleet could save the company more than $200 million in annual fuel costs, the airline announced Wednesday. A United Boeing 737-800, ...

The small Seattle company that developed the upward-swooping winglets now common on Boeing commercial airplanes and various business jets, Aviation Partners, is defending its patent on the devices ...