The first Continental 737 with winglets made its first revenue flights today. I haven’t found any pictures of it yet but here’s a new release:
Continental’s Orlando (MCO) modification facility will complete the first Boeing 737-800 winglet installation on Sunday, Aug. 1, on newly inducted aircraft 285. The aircraft is scheduled to depart EWR Monday as flight 528 at 9:40 a.m., arriving in DEN at 11:45 a.m. The aircraft is scheduled to return to EWR that afternoon as flight 629, departing DEN at 12:35 p.m. and arriving at EWR at 6:27 p.m. Aircraft 290 will be CO’s second aircraft to get blended winglets. It is scheduled to enter service around Aug. 10, 2004. CO will install blended winglets on 15 737-800 aircraft as part of a major economic decision sparked by the extremely high cost of fuel. By installing the winglets, CO will improve fuel efficiency by approximately 4 percent to 5 percent. The winglets are eight feet in height and add approximately four feet to the aircraft’s total wing span.
By: Bmused55 - 4th August 2004 at 09:33
According to an article I read, and posted here.
CO will be trialing these winglets of 8 of their 737NG’s initially. If they prove their worth, the entire 737 fleet could be retro fitted.
Also, 8 of CO’s 757 will go through the same trials, with the rest of the fleet following suite should the winglets prove a benefit to the 757’s performance.
Dartie: CO are very happy with their 757’s. They will be around for plenty of years to come yet. I myself get my first flight with a CO and with one of ther many 757s in september… looking forward to it 🙂
By: Ren Frew - 4th August 2004 at 09:21
Well to answer your question I guess the point is to save money on fuel burn the same as the reason for doing the the 737’s . I don’t know the average age of CO’s 757 fleet but you’d think they must be reasonably young if they want to proceed with the upgrade?
By: dartie - 4th August 2004 at 00:41
Yeah i know that im just saying i wasnt assuming that as soon as production stops they aircraft wont go off the ground, i was trying to get an answer! nothing else!
By: Ren Frew - 4th August 2004 at 00:17
Stopping production doesn’t mean you stop using the aircraft. Recently produced 757’s could be in the air for another twenty years easily.
The 757 replaced the 727 in the early 80’s. You can still see plenty of 727’s around and more than a few with winglet upgrades.
By: dartie - 4th August 2004 at 00:09
Are they going to modify their 757-300 fleet, and also what is the point of modifying the 757 when they might be phasing the fleet due to Boeing discontinuing production.
By: Whiskey Delta - 3rd August 2004 at 15:59
They’re doing the same to the 752’s aren’t they ?
Correct, but I don’t know when those modifications will begin.
Here’s the above photo from a different database:
By: RIPConcorde - 3rd August 2004 at 15:02
They’re doing the same to the 752’s aren’t they ?
That photo link doesn’t work for me BTW.
It was working last night, I don’t think it’s been uploaded yet.
By: Ren Frew - 3rd August 2004 at 09:35
They’re doing the same to the 752’s aren’t they ?
That photo link doesn’t work for me BTW.
By: dartie - 3rd August 2004 at 06:10
Yeah i thought that CO would just be modifying the 737NG fleet i didnt think they would worry about the classic models as they would probably be looking at replacing them in the near future.
By: Whiskey Delta - 3rd August 2004 at 03:30
Are CO modifying there entire B737 fleet with winglets or is it just a selected amount?
I believe just the 737NG’s.
Thanks for the picture RIPConcorde. The 737 sure does look good with those winglets.
By: RIPConcorde - 3rd August 2004 at 02:20
There it is:
http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/big/ready/N78285winglet.jpg
By: dartie - 3rd August 2004 at 02:17
Are CO modifying there entire B737 fleet with winglets or is it just a selected amount?
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