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How can 3 be going back to lessors , surely we need all the 757's we have.. Strnge that 75E's will have to do domestic runs in the winter.. bit pointless having etops then???
Up to 200,000 gallons a year, CO was the launch company for the Blended Winglets on the 757.
Heard the same story from a maintenance manager in CLT!Atlantic's post about three of our 757's becoming ETOPS with winglets during the winter months was the story I heard last week from an east pilot negotiating committee member. He gave that response when I asked how the company planned on serving the new European cities. FWIW.
I'm pretty sure Airbus refers to them as wing fences, and are somewhat different in operation than true winglets.
Do the 'sails" provide the some type of performance increase as blended winglets?Airbus calls them "sails".
jetblue has one on one of their airbus. the photo is in the current issue of Airliners Magazine