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Aviation Week’s Rupa Haria took the below video of a wing-morphing “flexfoil” demonstrator that winglet specialist Aviation Partners Inc. (Seattle, Wash.) and joint-venture partner FlexSys (Ann Arbor, Mich.) displayed at the 2016 National Business Aviation Association show (Nov. 1-2, Orlando). The demo illustrates how the airfoil shape could change in flight to boost performance over… Read more »

This article was originally featured in Aviation Week  Winglet specialist Aviation Partners Inc. (API) and joint-venture partner FlexSys are working with an undisclosed customer to retrofit an aircraft with the first commercial morphing wing. The potentially game-changing aerodynamic innovation has wide-ranging implications for performance-boosting retrofits of existing business jets or clean sheet designs, and made its first appearance… Read more »

Seattle, WA April 12, 2016 – Aviation Partners®, Inc. (API) in conjunction with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), API’s joint venture with The Boeing Company, announced that as of 7:45 pm PDT today its unique Blended Winglet™ Technology has saved the worlds commercial and business jet operators an estimated six billion gallons of jet fuel; representing… Read more »

Shanghai, China – April 12, 2016… Aviation Partners®, Inc. (API) announced that less than a year after the initial FAA STC was granted for Split Scimitar Winglets (SSWs) on BBJ aircraft, there are already eight of the type wearing this revolutionary new Winglet technology. That’s in addition to almost 700 Next-Generation Boeing 737 airliners retrofitted by Aviation… Read more »

Las Vegas, November 16, 2015… On the eve of the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition two world leaders, one in advanced winglet technology and the other in shape-adaptive structures, announce they are entering into a joint venture. Seattle, Washington based Aviation Partners, Inc. is in the final stages of forming a JV with FlexSys,… Read more »

Las Vegas, November 16, 2015… Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that the fifth in-service BBJ retrofitted with Split Scimitar Winglets (SSWs) is about to return to service after a full aircraft re-paint. The SSWs, developed by Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), a joint venture between API and The Boeing Company, recently received FAA and EASA… Read more »

NEWS RELEASE Split Scimitar™ Winglets EASA Approved for the Boeing Business Jet Seattle, USA. July 31, 2015… Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recently granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) retrofit on BBJ aircraft. The approval was granted to Aviation Partners Boeing… Read more »

Seattle, Washington, USA. June 5, 2015 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that as of 12:15 am PDT today its unique Blended Winglet Technology has saved the worlds commercial and business jet operators an estimated five billion gallons of jet fuel. This represents a global reduction in CO2 emissions of over 107 billion lbs (or… Read more »

May 18, 2015… Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) retrofit on BBJ aircraft. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. The approval was granted to Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), a joint… Read more »

Geneva, Switzerland. May 19, 2014… Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) is here at EBACE to discuss the latest upgrade for BBJs, the new Split Scimitar Winglets (SSWs). The SSWs, recently certified for the 737-800 (including BBJ2) by Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), API’s joint venture with the Boeing Company, are already in-service with a number of major… Read more »