The story of the Boeing 757 and its winglets isn’t about fixing a mistake. It’s about how a strong design adapted as the ...

Winglets, sharklets — call them what you like, but the Boeing Co. no longer has the exclusive on fuel-saving wing-tip devices for jets. An Airbus A320 equipped with sharklets has completed its first ...

JetBlue Airways unveiled its first Airbus A320 outfitted with sharklet winglets on 21 February. The winglets will result in an about 3% fuel burn reduction and either increase the range of the ...

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, ...

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, ...

Question: Why do modern jets have wing tips that point upward at 90 degrees? It seems like jets for the past 30 years have flown fine with flat wings. — submitted by reader Dennis, Frederick, Md.

(CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...

It has been a common feature on the Boeing Co.’s 737 jets for more than a decade. An 8-foot-long, sharp curving of the wing tip upward, called a “winglet.” Its purpose is to reduce drag, thus cutting ...

Airbus is confident that performance upgrades in the pipeline for its single-aisle family will give its largest model, the A321, a sufficient range boost for a genuine shot at the huge Boeing 757-200 ...

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, ...