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 »
GENEVA, Switzerland – May 12, 2009 – Having recently completed certification of their state-of-the-art, high-mach blended winglets for the Falcon 2000 large-cabin business jet, Aviation Partners Inc. (API) has appointed StandardAero as its first authorized installer for the new winglets. API has thus far seen a significant interest from Falcon 2000 operators for the… Read more »
Pioneering activity creates competitive advantage: Austrian first European airline to convert B767 Environmentally-friendly technology leads to lower fuel consumption, greater range and higher payloads Today, 27 March 2009, the first Austrian Boeing B767 (OE-LAE) to undergo a successful conversion to ‘winglets’ in the USA returned to Austria. Winglets are upturned ends on the tips of… Read more »
Over the past 15 years Aviation Partners Blended Winglet systems have improved and redefined the economics of flight with fuel savings and environmental benefits nothing short of spectacular. Today, over 2850 Boeing aircraft on 6 continents, and more than 200 Gulfstream II and Hawker 800 series business jets, are wearing patented* performance enhancing Blended Winglets.… Read more »
Since presenting a Blended Winglet Equipped BBJ – operated by Dubai Air Wing – at the 1999 Dubai Air Show the large cabin operator community has quickly migrated to the many operational and performance benefits only possible with Aviation Partners patented* technology. Today, Blended Winglets are standard equipment on the BBJ and more than 2850… Read more »
ORLANDO, Fla. – October 6, 2008 – At their booth at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Orlando, Fla., StandardAero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) company announced they have been selected by Aviation Partners International (API) to be their newest Blended Winglet Installation Center for the Hawker 800 and Hawker 800XP… Read more »
Aviation Partners Boeing Celebrates another Significant Milestone in the Dramatic Success Story of Blended Winglet Technology An American Airlines 767-300ER equipped with Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets took to the skies for the first time at 1:50 p.m. central time Sunday July 20th. The newly modified aircraft flew a ferry flight from Kansas City, Missouri to San… Read more »
Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) has named National Airways Corporation (NAC) in Lanseria, South Africa as the first authorized Blended Winglet installer outside North America. “We selected NAC because of their reputation for very high quality work, their strategic location and the fact that they are a master dealer for Hawker Beechcraft Corporation,” says Aviation Partners… Read more »
Farnborough, UK July 16, 2008 – Athens, Greece-based Gainjet has ordered Aviation Partners performance enhancing Blended Winglets for its recently acquired Boeing 757. The aircraft, scheduled to enter service in September 2008, is the first of several 757s Gainjet plans to acquire and will be used in the VIP charter role. Aviation Partners, Inc. is… Read more »