These curved extensions called sharklets, improve fuel efficiency of JetBlue’s airplanes by improving the lift that the airplane generate from surrounding air. In our view, these measures aimed ...

It intends to retrofit the entire fleet by 2017. 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 ...

Sharklets, which replace the A320's wing fences, will reduce fuel-burn on the type by up to 3.5% on longer sectors of around 3,000nm (5,560km), Airbus claims. The airframer also expects the ...

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 ...

Speaking of the wingtips, unique curved sharklets – aka winglets – which help save fuel on Airbus’s innovative A350 jet, have been added to this A330neo. Sharklets help the wings slice ...

Airbus unveiled a much-anticipated advance to its A320 family yesterday when it launched a program to develop new wingtip devices called “Sharklets.” To co ...