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Qantas Signs Orders for 12 Blended Winglet Shipsets with Options for 42 Additional Shipsets.

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  May, 2004  

Tags: Qantas Airways Ltd.

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May 25 -- Qantas installed its first shipset of Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets(TM) in January 2000 and currently operates a fleet of 21 winglet equipped NG 737-800s. With this order for 12 additional shipsets, Qantas will be operating 33 Blended Winglet Equipped 737s by the end of 2005.

Blended Winglets help Qantas shave over 3% off annual fuel bills for each 737-800 it operates and up to 5% when flying longer haul missions at the design ...

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