Despite its success, the first A320 with Sharklets, Airbus' equivalent to the winglet, did not roll out of Airbus' facilities until 2012, according to Airport Technology.

Airbus is expecting the first new-build aircraft for its A320 sharklets wing-tip programme to join the test regime in May, after promising results from initial flights with an early airframe.

An Airbus A320 equipped with sharklets has completed its first flight, the jet maker said Wednesday. Airbus predicts the wing-tip device will cut fuel burn by 3.5 percent on its single-aisle aircraft.

Airbus has delivered the first A320 equipped with Sharklets today to AirAsia, which becomes the first operator of the new fuel-saving large wing tip devices. Sharklets are an option on new-build ...

Airbus has completed installation of the first set of sharklet wing-tip devices on the company’s A320 development aircraft (MSN 001), preparing for the flight-test campaign in the coming weeks.

Airbus will offer the sharklets as an option that airlines can pick on its existing A320 series. The jet maker’s updated A320 new engine option aircraft, or A320neo, will have sharklets as a ...

The airline's first A320 to receive sharklets is N821JB (manufacturer's serial number 5417), which was delivered by Airbus on 17 December, according to Flightglobal's Ascend Online database.

IndiGo, India’s leading low-cost carrier, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft, equipped with fuel-saving sharklet technology. Sharklets are newly designed wing-tip devices that ...

Airbus and the world’s largest A320 customer AirAsia announced that the airline will become the first operator of the A320 with ‘Sharklets’ when they take delivery of the first A320 equipped ...

Air New Zealand has taken delivery of its first A320 equipped with fuel saving wing tip devices, or Sharklets, at a ceremony during the 50th Le Bourget Paris airshow. The aircraft was officially ...

Sharklets are newly designed wing-tip devices allowing airlines to reduce fuel burn by up to 4% on longer sectors. They are an option on new-build A320 Family aircraft, and are standard on all ...