Azerbaijan Airlines to add Blended Winglets

Azerbaijan Airlines-AZAL (Baku) has ordered Blended Winglets for its new Boeing 767-300 ER and -300Fs. Azerbaijan Airlines will have the winglets installed at Delta Tech Ops in Atlanta, GA immediately after taking delivery of these new airplanes from Boeing in Everett, WA. Additionally, one airplane, already in-service, will be modified by MNG Technic in Istanbul, Turkey. All four Blended Winglet installations are planned to be completed by 3rd quarter 2012. The 767-300ER airplanes will be operated by Azerbaijan Airlines and the 767-300F’s by Silk Way Airlines in freighter operations throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Blended Winglet technology installed on a Boeing 767-300ER/F reduces fuel burn by up to 500,000 gallons per aircraft per year while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by over 5,000 tons per year. Blended Winglets can also extend the range of a Boeing 767-300ER/F by as much as 320 nautical miles, or increase the payload of the aircraft by as much as 16,000 pounds. APB estimates that Blended Winglets have saved airlines worldwide more than 3.0 billion gallons of jet fuel to-date.

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