T-Bird76
2006-11-05, 04:33 PM
Not sure how we missed this but def cool.
U.S Airways Orders Blended Winglets for Seven Boeing 757-200 Aircraft
Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglet Technology Improves Range, Saves
Fuel and Boosts Payload Capability
SEATTLE, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways has ordered Blended Winglets
for seven Boeing 757-200 airplanes, for retrofit beginning in January 2007.
The aircraft to be Performance Enhanced with Aviation Partners Boeing
revolutionary patented Blended Winglet Technology will be utilized on
scheduled ETOPS service between the US East Coast and Europe.
"Performance advantages of Blended Winglet Technology for the Boeing
757- 200 are as compelling and dramatic as the fuel saving benefits," says
Aviation Partners Boeing CEO John Reimers. "Blended Winglets will give US
Airways additional range and fuel margin capability over the Atlantic while
generating fuel savings fleet wide, of over 200,000 gallons per year per
Blended Winglet equipped 757-200. In today's tough airline operating
environment Blended Winglet Technology gives operators a compelling edge."
On trans-Atlantic operations to and from Philadelphia, US Airways will
benefit from a 200 nautical mile Blended Winglet range boost and projected
fuel savings of more than 1,000 gallons per round trip. On potential future
operations from Phoenix and Las Vegas to Hawaii, the Blended Winglet
advantage translates into significant fuel savings, better performance
against headwinds and improved payload capability.
"US Airways can look forward to payload benefits of 2,000 to 10,000
pounds on flights to and from Hawaii from Las Vegas and Phoenix, depending
upon headwinds and temperature conditions," says Aviation Partners Boeing
Sales Director Christopher Stafford. "Blended Winglet Technology
significantly improves aerodynamic efficiency of the wing. A 757-200,
upgraded with Blended Winglet Technology, is a better performing and much
more efficient aircraft. Combine this performance advantage with a typical
payback period of less than 3 years -- based on fuel savings alone -- and
it's not hard to see why our 757-200 winglet program has become such an
unqualified market success."
Aviation Partners has sold over 2,400 Blended Winglet shipsets with
over 1,290 Boeing aircraft now in service with patented* Performance
Enhancing Blended Winglet Systems.
http://www.aviationpartnersboeing.com * Patent No. 5348253
SOURCE Aviation Partners Boeing
U.S Airways Orders Blended Winglets for Seven Boeing 757-200 Aircraft
Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglet Technology Improves Range, Saves
Fuel and Boosts Payload Capability
SEATTLE, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways has ordered Blended Winglets
for seven Boeing 757-200 airplanes, for retrofit beginning in January 2007.
The aircraft to be Performance Enhanced with Aviation Partners Boeing
revolutionary patented Blended Winglet Technology will be utilized on
scheduled ETOPS service between the US East Coast and Europe.
"Performance advantages of Blended Winglet Technology for the Boeing
757- 200 are as compelling and dramatic as the fuel saving benefits," says
Aviation Partners Boeing CEO John Reimers. "Blended Winglets will give US
Airways additional range and fuel margin capability over the Atlantic while
generating fuel savings fleet wide, of over 200,000 gallons per year per
Blended Winglet equipped 757-200. In today's tough airline operating
environment Blended Winglet Technology gives operators a compelling edge."
On trans-Atlantic operations to and from Philadelphia, US Airways will
benefit from a 200 nautical mile Blended Winglet range boost and projected
fuel savings of more than 1,000 gallons per round trip. On potential future
operations from Phoenix and Las Vegas to Hawaii, the Blended Winglet
advantage translates into significant fuel savings, better performance
against headwinds and improved payload capability.
"US Airways can look forward to payload benefits of 2,000 to 10,000
pounds on flights to and from Hawaii from Las Vegas and Phoenix, depending
upon headwinds and temperature conditions," says Aviation Partners Boeing
Sales Director Christopher Stafford. "Blended Winglet Technology
significantly improves aerodynamic efficiency of the wing. A 757-200,
upgraded with Blended Winglet Technology, is a better performing and much
more efficient aircraft. Combine this performance advantage with a typical
payback period of less than 3 years -- based on fuel savings alone -- and
it's not hard to see why our 757-200 winglet program has become such an
unqualified market success."
Aviation Partners has sold over 2,400 Blended Winglet shipsets with
over 1,290 Boeing aircraft now in service with patented* Performance
Enhancing Blended Winglet Systems.
http://www.aviationpartnersboeing.com * Patent No. 5348253
SOURCE Aviation Partners Boeing