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phil..c
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 Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject: first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with winglets |
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From a trade newsletter
Blended Winglets Save Up To 500,000 Gallons Of Jet-A Annually
American Airlines and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced this week
the first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with APB's Blended
Winglets, days after the winglet installation received Supplemental Type
Certification from the FAA.
American Flight 78 left Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Sunday,
March 8, at 8:35 pm with 204 passengers onboard and arrived ahead of
schedule at London Heathrow Airport on Monday, March 9, at 10:26 am.
"We are pleased that APB chose to partner with American to develop and
install these Blended Winglets, and we are especially happy that we also
operated the first flight with customers onboard a winglet-equipped
767-300ER," said Bob Reding, American's Executive Vice President -
Operations. "The fuel savings and emissions reductions that we will
achieve are one more step in our efforts to both moderate costs and
shrink the impact we have on our environment - two goals that go
hand-in-hand."
The increased lift provided by the winglets, without a corresponding
increase of engine power, improves fuel efficiency. Each airplane
equipped with the winglets is expected to save up to 500,000 gallons of
fuel annually depending on miles flown, according to APB.
American plans to install winglets on its entire 58 aircraft fleet of
767-300ERs, which could result in a total savings of up to 29 million
gallons of fuel per year. That represents a significant potential
increase to the 111 million gallons of fuel that American currently
saves through its Fuel Smart efficiency program.
In addition to the fuel cost savings, this 767-300ER fuel efficiency
improvement will result in a reduction of up to 277,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually, according to APB. The 11-foot
high winglets could also extend the range of an aircraft by as much as
360 nautical miles and improve take-off performance, providing as much
as 12,000 pounds of additional payload.
The winglet installation work was accomplished by American's Maintenance
& Engineering organization at its maintenance base in Kansas City, MO.
American expects to modify all of its 767-300ER aircraft by 2011.
American has already completed Blended Winglet installation on its
fleets of 124 Boeing 757s and 77 Boeing 737s. |
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Rob
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:14 am Post subject: Re: first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with winglets |
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phil..c wrote:
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From a trade newsletter
Blended Winglets Save Up To 500,000 Gallons Of Jet-A Annually
American Airlines and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced this week
the first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with APB's Blended
Winglets, days after the winglet installation received Supplemental Type
Certification from the FAA.
American Flight 78 left Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Sunday,
March 8, at 8:35 pm with 204 passengers onboard and arrived ahead of
schedule at London Heathrow Airport on Monday, March 9, at 10:26 am.
"We are pleased that APB chose to partner with American to develop and
install these Blended Winglets, and we are especially happy that we also
operated the first flight with customers onboard a winglet-equipped
767-300ER," said Bob Reding, American's Executive Vice President -
Operations. "The fuel savings and emissions reductions that we will
achieve are one more step in our efforts to both moderate costs and
shrink the impact we have on our environment - two goals that go
hand-in-hand."
The increased lift provided by the winglets, without a corresponding
increase of engine power, improves fuel efficiency. Each airplane
equipped with the winglets is expected to save up to 500,000 gallons of
fuel annually depending on miles flown, according to APB.
American plans to install winglets on its entire 58 aircraft fleet of
767-300ERs, which could result in a total savings of up to 29 million
gallons of fuel per year. That represents a significant potential
increase to the 111 million gallons of fuel that American currently
saves through its Fuel Smart efficiency program.
In addition to the fuel cost savings, this 767-300ER fuel efficiency
improvement will result in a reduction of up to 277,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually, according to APB. The 11-foot
high winglets could also extend the range of an aircraft by as much as
360 nautical miles and improve take-off performance, providing as much
as 12,000 pounds of additional payload.
The winglet installation work was accomplished by American's Maintenance
& Engineering organization at its maintenance base in Kansas City, MO.
American expects to modify all of its 767-300ER aircraft by 2011.
American has already completed Blended Winglet installation on its
fleets of 124 Boeing 757s and 77 Boeing 737s.
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So Phil with the extra weight they are still saving on fuel. Wonder how
much weight was added in fitting the wings. |
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phil..c
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| Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:06 am Post subject: Re: first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with winglets |
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Rob wrote:
| Quote: | phil..c wrote:
From a trade newsletter
Blended Winglets Save Up To 500,000 Gallons Of Jet-A Annually
American Airlines and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced this
week the first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with APB's Blended
Winglets, days after the winglet installation received Supplemental
Type Certification from the FAA.
American Flight 78 left Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Sunday, March 8, at 8:35 pm with 204 passengers onboard and arrived
ahead of schedule at London Heathrow Airport on Monday, March 9, at
10:26 am.
"We are pleased that APB chose to partner with American to develop and
install these Blended Winglets, and we are especially happy that we
also operated the first flight with customers onboard a
winglet-equipped 767-300ER," said Bob Reding, American's Executive
Vice President - Operations. "The fuel savings and emissions
reductions that we will achieve are one more step in our efforts to
both moderate costs and shrink the impact we have on our environment -
two goals that go hand-in-hand."
The increased lift provided by the winglets, without a corresponding
increase of engine power, improves fuel efficiency. Each airplane
equipped with the winglets is expected to save up to 500,000 gallons
of fuel annually depending on miles flown, according to APB.
American plans to install winglets on its entire 58 aircraft fleet of
767-300ERs, which could result in a total savings of up to 29 million
gallons of fuel per year. That represents a significant potential
increase to the 111 million gallons of fuel that American currently
saves through its Fuel Smart efficiency program.
In addition to the fuel cost savings, this 767-300ER fuel efficiency
improvement will result in a reduction of up to 277,000 metric tons of
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually, according to APB. The 11-foot
high winglets could also extend the range of an aircraft by as much as
360 nautical miles and improve take-off performance, providing as much
as 12,000 pounds of additional payload.
The winglet installation work was accomplished by American's
Maintenance & Engineering organization at its maintenance base in
Kansas City, MO. American expects to modify all of its 767-300ER
aircraft by 2011.
American has already completed Blended Winglet installation on its
fleets of 124 Boeing 757s and 77 Boeing 737s.
So Phil with the extra weight they are still saving on fuel. Wonder how
much weight was added in fitting the wings.
The same thought crossed my mind but the blurb indicates it is a net |
saving on same fleet over previous years
Notice it is on only the 300 ER so longer haul probably
is needed to accumulate the benefits.
There was some discussion on here years ago on winglets
Matt and others contributed much .
No time to dig out the old threads
Cheers |
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