However, winglets come with trade-offs: they add weight, increase structural stress at the wingtip, and can introduce ...

The A350's winglets are much larger than the A330neo's, an aircraft that partially followed the A350's winglet design.

The introduction of winglets on passenger jets was a major advancement for the airline industry. The widespread adaptation of this feature truly took off in the 2000s, with Boeing leading the charge ...

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 ...

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 their ...

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 ...

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