Southwest currently operates 133 737-700s and is scheduled to begin receiving in-production winglets in fall 2004, when it will have 373 firm orders, options and purchase rights remaining.

Through its analysis, Southwest validated APB's claims that winglets save 4% in fuel consumption, equivalent to 92,000gal (348,258l) per year for a 737-700, said Mike Marino, APB chief executive.

Southwest Airlines is adding blended winglets to its current and future fleet of Boeing 737-700s. The winglets, officials say, improve performance by extending the airplane's range, saving fuel ...

Copa Airlines of Panama last week became the first carrier in North, Central and South America to operate the Boeing 737-700 with winglets. Delivered July 5, the aircraft is the ninth 737-700 for ...

Southwest expects to complete the retrofitting of blended winglets on its entire Boeing 737-700 fleet by March 2005, cutting fuel consumption by 3%. The airline to date retrofitted 137 of this ...

Other than the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), the 737-800 is the only new-build 737 model offered with forward fit or retrofit winglets from APB. The launch customer, German charter airline Hapag ...

Southwest will add the winglets to 268 new Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 and 737-800 jets to be delivered until it starts receiving Boeing’s 737-Max aircraft in 2017.

In 2022, Aviation Partners announced a deal with Delta Air Lines to purchase split scimitar winglets for its fleet of Boeing 737-800s and 737-900ERs. The latest data from ch-aviation shows that ...

The blended winglets are only certified for the Boeing Business Jet and the 737-800. The FAA is expected to approve the winglets for use on the 737-700 later this year.

You’ll start seeing the entire Boeing 737 fleet being retrofitted with the fancy new winglets sometime early next year. [Air & Space Mag] Image: Scimitar profile from Aviationpartners.com ...