The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an immediately effective airworthiness directive requiring airlines to inspect ...

Turbulence so bad it induces airsickness is less frequent in the modern era of commercial flight than ever. Higher operational ceilings, larger planes, and better weather reporting have made modern ...

UK leisure carrier Jet2 has completed a winglet retrofit on its Boeing 737-800 fleet, a programme that covers 74 aircraft.

If you've ever spent time staring out the window of your commercial flight, chances are you saw the wing of your airplane and the geometric extension at its end. Called a wingtip, that section is an ...

Southwest Airlines has ordered split scimitar winglets for its Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 jets. The Dallas-based airline ordered 85 of the new winglets from Seattle-based Aviation Partners Boeing ...

A successful test flight this week by a Boeing 737-800 equipped with a shiny new set of split scimitar winglets has given the green light for United’s plans to install them widely across its 737 fleet ...

The Andean condor’s drag-reducing aerodynamic wings have inspired the creation of a winglet, which, when added to a wind turbine blade, boosted energy production by an average of 10%, according to a ...

In June, Boeing’s new 737 MAX single-aisle airliner began wing assembly in Renton, Washington. Since then, the first fuselage arrived from Wichita, Kansas, and is now undergoing final assembly, which ...

A Wichita winglet design firm plans to set a transcontinental speed record this week in a modified Cessna Citation X, the world’s speediest business jet in operation. The plane is retrofitted with ...