KL911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4977 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (3 months 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 6692 times:
Quoting eicvd (Thread starter): Does anyone know which European airline will be the first to fly an A320 with sharklets? I had a look at planespotters.net but it wasn't much help.
Wizzair will get 5 or 6 this year, all with sharklets. This according to their inflight magazine from February.
It didn't say when the first one would be delivered though.
" The European consumer would crawl naked over broken glass to get low fares." Michael O'Leary
flyiguy From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 837 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 months 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 6099 times:
Quoting GentFromAlaska (Reply 6): What the heck are sharklets? I've heard of winglets.
It's Airbus' way of ripping off Boeing or Aviation Partners and saying they came up with their own " Winglets " called " " Sharklets " so they don't have to pay royalties.
BlueSky1976 From Poland, joined Jul 2004, 1704 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (3 months 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 4530 times:
Quoting flyiguy (Reply 7): It's Airbus' way of ripping off Boeing or Aviation Partners and saying they came up with their own " Winglets " called " " Sharklets " so they don't have to pay royalties.
I suggest to do your homework before posting such BS.
There are A LOT of differences between Aviation Partners Boeing's blended winglet and Airbuses "sharklet".
flood From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 1052 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (2 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2082 times:
Quoting cschleic (Reply 15): Plenty of bizjet, turboprops, military transport, gliders, even some GA planes have had them for a long time. It's hardly a new idea.
Nobody ever claimed it was a new idea, some people evidently just get their panties in a knot over Airbus giving them a unique name *shrug*
Quoting bycac (Reply 16): Performing first flight today for the MON !
Great pics, thanks for sharing
I hope someone catches JetBlue's N821JB as she's scheduled to make her first revenue flight out of JFK on Saturday. http://twitpic.com/c589as
Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4784 posts, RR: 9 Reply 20, posted (2 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1827 times:
Quoting flyiguy (Reply 7): It's Airbus' way of ripping off Boeing or Aviation Partners and saying they came up with their own " Winglets " called " " Sharklets " so they don't have to pay royalties.
Quote: Airbus counters in court documents that it had been working on blended winglets long before initiating discussions with Aviation Partners in 2006, and the sharklet design evolved independently of the Aviation Partners technology.
New Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work yet. Douglas Adams
Of course they would file a counter claim, if they didn't they would be admitting guilt. Funny how they want to pick a fight with a company with less than 50 people and don't mention Boeing in the lawsuit who are partnered with Aviation Partners.
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26 starbucks: LH just took delivery as the first European airline http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/new...rbus-a320-equipped-with-sharklets/[Edited 2013-03-01 05:40:
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