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Atlanta, Georgia. October 18, 2010 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today a new Blended Winglet design for the Hawker 800 Series incorporating its revolutionary new scimitar tip technology. The scimitar tip is a change to the aerodynamic shape of the existing Blended Winglet which provides an additional half a percent drag reduction over the… Read more »

Total Savings Surpass 2.3 Billion Gallons Atlanta, Georgia. October 19, 2010 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) Blended Winglet technology will save almost 4.5 Million gallons of jet fuel during the three days of the NBAA Convention. API’s unique Blended Winglet technology is now flying on over 4,000 business and, through its joint venture company Aviation… Read more »

Seattle, USA. June 1, 2010 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that its High Mach Blended Winglets are now available for retrofit on the Falcon 2000DX aircraft. The FAA has expanded the applicability of the STC, originally approved in April 2009, such that all in-service Falcon 2000 series models – the 2000, 2000EX, 2000EX… Read more »

Geneva, Switzerland. May 4, 2010 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that it recently completed its fourteenth Falcon 2000 Series Blended Winglet retrofit, and the first for a European-registered aircraft. The 2000EX EASy aircraft, owned by Gator Aviation and operated by Jersey, C.I. based Aviation Beauport Limited, had the Winglet installation completed at Duncan… Read more »

Geneva / Switzerland, May 4, 2010 – Jet Aviation announced that it will become the European sales representative and installation partner for Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) for the Hawker 800 Series Blended Winglets. Installations will be performed at Jet Aviation Zurich and Jet Aviation Dusseldorf. As sales representative and installation partner, Jet Aviation will market… Read more »

Seattle, WA. March 3, 2010… Aviation Partners, Inc. and Aviation Partners Boeing announced today that as of March 5, 2010 at 19:05 P.S.T. their unique Blended Winglet* Technology will have saved the world’s airlines and private jet operators 2 Billion gallons of jet fuel, or 4 Billion plus U.S. dollars. This represents a global reduction… Read more »

Seattle, Washington. May 3, 2010 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that, in response to a need from long-time customer AirMed International, it recently received FAA acceptance of an operational supplement allowing nonETOPS operation of the Blended Winglet equipped Hawker 800 (800SP). The advent of more stringent ETOPS rules for Part 135 Operations in… Read more »

Seattle, WA. September 3, 2009 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) confirmed that Transport Canada recently granted Canadian Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Dassault Falcon 2000 series aircraft. FAA and EASA and most recently ANAC STC were received earlier in 2009 after an extensive development and flight test… Read more »

São Paulo, Brazil, August 13, 2009 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) confirmed that Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) recently granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Dassault Falcon 2000 series aircraft. FAA and EASA STCs were received earlier in 2009 after an extensive development and flight… Read more »

Geneva, Switzerland, May 11, 2009 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) confirmed today that both the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 2000 Series. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination of a three-year development program… Read more »