The A350's winglets are much larger than the A330neo's, an aircraft that partially followed the A350's winglet design.

A lot of eyes have been on Ferrari's rear wing but a new winglet on the halo has also drawn attention.

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, ...

The carrier appears to be following a similar practice to that of Southwest Airlines and others ...

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 ...

The A330neo uses blended Sharklets wingtip devices benefiting from the development of wingtips for the A350 and A320neo.

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 ...

If you think that you've been seeing some funny-looking airliners in the past couple of months, you're not imagining things. On February 18th, a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 made the world's first ...

In an industry where bikes seem to be getting faster, pricier, and capable of everything except paying rent, we consider the necessity of the winglet. Today’s bit of diagnosis doesn’t come from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...