After an abortive evaluation two years ago of an in-house design and one developed by Winglet Technology of the USA, Airbus revealed in May that it intended to re-examine the concept in conjunction with Boeing’s long-established supplier API.
… Airbus is preparing to relaunch flight-testing of winglets on the A320, following an agreement with US specialist Aviation Partners (API) to carry out trials.
Airbus secured net orders for 1,341 aircraft during 2007, giving the European manufacturer a 48.7% share of the market.
According to the German newspapaer “FAZ” Lufthansa will buy 30 A320. 15 of these are meant to replace older jets the other 15 for expansion most likely for the planned Italian low cost carrier Italianwings.Because of the delay for the A380 got 5 additional A330 for a vey good price.The big order is to be [...]
images from Flight Global)Airbus is now testing its next winglet from Kansas. It looks great. Remember how neat the the 7E7 looked with the curves? Lets hope this
design works best and wins.
