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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 »

  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 »