Oh Pam Ann would love this (after all, she’ll never fly anything that hasn’t got a Winglet on it).
Finnair has signed up with Airbus for them to provide Five A321’s to replace it’s 757 leisure fleet. Whilst this is “small news”, this the second order for Airbus A320 series aircraft with Sharklet winglets instead of the standard Airbus A320 series wingtip fences.
Bur who care’s? A computer rendering you want, a rendering you will have!
Image (c) Airbus.
So what are sharklets? It’s another refinement of wingtip technology that allows for fuel savings, based on fancy aerodynamics. What’s more important to the airlines, is a 3.5% fuel saving per long trip – allowing for longer ranges and better performance on take off and landing, giving a 2,700 nautical mile range.
Delivery is from 2012-2013.
Air New Zealand will be the first operator to use A320 series aircraft with Sharklets from late 2012.
