The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an immediately effective airworthiness directive requiring airlines to inspect 156 US-registered Boeing 757s fitted with scimitar blended winglets within ...

As its latest blended winglet application enters service with Continental Airlines on the 757-200, Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) is eyeing further aircraft for the modification such as the 767, 777 ...

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire -08/30/12)- Precision Conversions, LLC (Precision) is extremely pleased to announce that the company has received FAA approval to provide full 15 cargo position freighter ...

Northwest is flying its first Boeing 757-200 retrofitted with blended winglets in revenue service. The aircraft (N536US) is operating primarily from the airline's hubs to long-haul mainland U.S.

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Ever look out the window of a plane or watch as it pulls up to the gate? Have you ever wondered why some planes have pointy bits at the ends of the wings? What you see are "winglets," and they have ...

AAR (NYSE: AIR) has been selected by Continental Airlines to perform winglet installations for 16 of the airline's Boeing 757-300 aircraft. AAR is a leading provider of products and value-added ...

The Boeing Co. will make no major changes in its Renton factory operations with the end of 757 production next year, an executive said yesterday. "We are just going to keep driving the lean ...

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 their ...

Ever look out the window of a plane or watch as it pulls up to the gate? Have you ever wondered why some planes have pointy bits at the ends of the wings? What you see are "winglets," and they have ...