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Winglets Responsible for 10 Billion Gallons of Fuel Saved

A Blended Winglet-equipped Falcon 50 and Split Scimitar Winglet-equipped BBJ in flight. Aviation Partners, Inc.
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Key Takeaways:

  • Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced its Blended Winglet and Split Scimitar Winglet technologies have saved commercial and business jet operators over 10 billion gallons of jet fuel, leading to a global reduction of more than 105 million tons of CO2 emissions.
  • API's winglet technology is installed on nearly 9,000 aircraft worldwide, including various Dassault Falcon, Hawker, Gulfstream models, and Boeing 737, 757, 767 variants through a partnership.
  • The technology achieves fuel savings by reducing wingtip vortices, which minimizes drag and results in lower fuel consumption and improved aircraft performance.
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Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) based in Seattle, Washington, recently announced that its unique (and trademarked) Blended Winglet and Split Scimitar Winglet technologies have saved the world’s commercial and business jet operators more than 10 billion gallons of jet fuel, resulting in a corresponding global reduction of over 105 million tons of CO2 emissions.

Dan Pimentel

Dan Pimentel is an instrument-rated private pilot and former airplane owner who has been flying since 1996. As an aviation journalist and photographer, he has covered all aspects of the general and business aviation communities for a long list of major aviation magazines, newspapers and websites. He has never met a flying machine that he didn’t like, and has written about his love of aviation for years on his Airplanista blog. For 10 years until 2019, he hosted the popular ‘Oshbash’ social media meetup events at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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