Winglet designer and manufacturer, Aviation Partners, has asked a US court in Seattle to place an injunction on all new sales of sharklet-equipped Airbus A320s. The injunction request by Aviation ...

Aviation Partners has escalated a patent dispute with Airbus by asking a US court in Seattle to slap an injunction on all new sales of sharklet-equipped Airbus A320s. In response, Airbus has asked US ...

Airbus received an order for the ACJ319 with the Sharklet winglet option from a Chinese customer. The order is the first for that version of the ACJ319, but is among about 25 orders Airbus has ...

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, ...

Winglets have been growing in popularity as an add-on to fuel hungry airplanes around the planet. Attached at the extremity of each wing, they act to manage the flow of air passing the craft, reducing ...

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, ...

Boeing on Wednesday unveiled a new double-edged winglet that it says will save more fuel on its re-engined 737 MAX airplane. The interesting thing is that it looks something like a supersized version ...