CanadaEH From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 1341 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1316 times:
Winglets are getting popular nowadays! Westjet just installed their first set of winglets last week, Aloha did the same in the following week, Southwest is to install winglets in the future, Air Pacific flies to YVR (-800) with winglets.. Winglets, winglets, winglets!!
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 89 Reply 4, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1313 times:
I believe AQ has had them for a very, very long time.
KQ777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 125 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1299 times:
How on earth can a 737-800, winglets or not, reach Vancouver from Tahiti?!! That's like a 10-12 hour flight!! Wow, those winglets must really add some range!!
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 89 Reply 6, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1282 times:
Its a 73G, not a 738. The 73G has quite a few more legs... and the winglets definitely improve cruise performance 3-4%.
CanadaEH From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 1341 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1270 times:
Air Pacific flies their 737-800W from Nadi - Honolulu - Vancouver - Honolulu - Nadi. They've even flown their 737-700 on the route a few times as well.
Aloha flies their 737-700 (recently equipped with winglets) from Vancouver - a few Hawaiian destinations in the summer, with increased frequency in the winter.
Bluewave 707 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 3139 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 1249 times:
AQ also uses the 737NGs for US west coast flights, and some Pacific Island flights.
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SRD737NG From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 136 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (9 years 7 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 1203 times:
The picture in the first post is the first -700 equipped with winglets for Aloha. We will be retrofitting the others to have 4 finished by the end of the year, and all the current aircraft finished by this time next year. And, ofcourse, all future new a/c will come with winglets as well. It was announced a couple of months ago to us that this was going to happen.
Aloha currently fly's the -700 from HNL, OGG, and KOA to cities on the west coast.....YVR,OAK,BUR,SNA,PHX,LAS,SMF,RNO, and more to come. AQ currently has 10 (I think) -700's and has a current business plan to have 20 in the fleet in the next few years. The airplane is doing very well for us.....management tells us that on average, 70 seats sold breaks even. Not bad. With the winglets installed, fuel savings should be around 106,000 gallons per airplane, per year.
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