First 767 Winglet for Delta

I’m sure Major Airlines don’t say we’ll buy twenty of those because they looks so good with those winglets

If it weren’t for looks the blended winglets may not of appeared on the commercial aircraft at all – according to the Mar 09 issue of AW. 🙂

Some airlines do indeed take the looks into consideration. If you see (Even a brand new) 737 without Winglets it looks very old hat indeed.
The APB blended winglets work in terms of efficiency. If the penny-pinching-toilet-charging Irishman has them on, they will be saving him money!

Biz jets with winglets are, in the main, totally for looks. We call them Blinglets.

And to think they are more than double the height of us!

In the 2001 when Boeing and APB introduced the blended-winglet on the 737 I really did not approve, even less so when they defaced my favourite Boeing – the 757. However, perhaps now I am older, or times have changed but winglets really do enhance the look of these aircraft and the 767 looks tremendous with them. I think the 767-200 will look even better! 🙂

I’m afraid Airlines don’t modify their planes for the sake of aesthetics…it’s all about fuel efficiency and the bottom line!!!