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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 »

Geneva, Switzerland. May 19, 2014… Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that its Blended Winglets are now flying on almost 300 Falcon 2000, 900 and 50 series aircraft. The High-Mach Blended Winglets, initially announced for the Falcon 2000 series at EBACE in 2007 and certified in May 2009, are now FAA approved for all Falcon… Read more »

Las Vegas, October 21, 2013… Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) today announced that Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), its joint venture with the Boeing Company, has launched its new Split Scimitar™ Winglet (SSW) program for the Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) family of aircraft. The announcement to launch the BBJ SSW comes on the heels of similar announcements… Read more »

Las Vegas, October 21, 2013… On the eve of the 2013 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that its unique Blended Winglet Technology will have saved the worlds commercial and business aircraft operators an estimated four billion gallons of jet fuel by year end. This represents a global reduction in… Read more »

• Over 250 Falcons now flying with Blended Winglets • More than 130 Hawkers now flying with Blended Winglets • API to Exhibit at the 10th Annual LABACE Convention São Paulo, Brazil. August 13, 2013 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that its Blended Winglets are now flying on more than 250 Falcon 2000,… Read more »

• Over 230 Falcons now flying with Blended Winglets • Steep Approach Approved for Falcon 900 with Blended Winglets • EASA STC for Falcon 50 Blended Winglets nears • Falcon Blended Winglet Retrofits Available in Europe Geneva, Switzerland. May 20, 2013 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that its Blended Winglets are now flying… Read more »

Orlando, USA. October 29, 2012 – Seattle-based Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that it recently test flew its futuristic Split Scimitar Blended Winglet, and the results were fantastic. The Split Scimitar Blended Winglet is a follow-on design of API’s proven technology. The Split Winglet features the addition of a Blended ventral fin to the existing… Read more »