Jet2 is expecting to complete a winglet modification programme for its Boeing 737-800 fleet this summer. The UK leisure ...

How are split scimitar winglets used? A set of split scimitar winglets weighs 133 kg (294 lb) per aircraft, but gives fuel savings of 1.6 % on sectors of 1000 NM, rising to 2.2 % on sectors of ...

The new split scimitar winglets debuted on United Flight 1273, which flew Tuesday from Houston Bush Intercontinental to Los Angeles. United says it installed the winglets after it received FAA ...

Southwest Airlines has ordered split scimitar winglets for its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jets. The Dallas-based airline ordered 85 of the new winglets from Seattle-based Aviation Partners ...

Southwest plans to put the split scimitar winglets on 33 new 737-800s as they are delivered to the airline this year. Additionally, Southwest plans to retrofit 52 additional 737-800s already in ...

A successful test flight this week by a Boeing 737-800 equipped with a shiny new set of split scimitar winglets has given the green light for United’s plans to install them widely across its 737 ...

Yesterday, Southwest Airlines announced that it had also started using the Split Scimitar Winglets on one of its 737-800s. The company plans on retrofitting 52 existing planes, and having the ...

In what will be its first widespread commercial use, Split Scimitar Winglets have officially been giving the go-ahead to grace United Boeing 737-800s all across the country.

For airlines, adding the 8-foot-tall blended winglets has become a no-brainer, and adding the split scimitar version also seems to be. “We have the philosophy: Put them on everything that we can ...

If Captain America flew a jet, he’d have the winglets painted just like one on display in Florida last week. How could a military superhero not fly a jet with Split Scimitar Winglets that ...

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 is equipped with a new, split scimitar winglet that adds a downward foil to the vertical one. Winglets cut drag and add to fuel savings. Boeing calls the odd ...