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LAN Airlines orders 10 additional 767-300 ER/F Blended Winglet systems

Aviation Partners Boeing (Seattle) announced today that LAN Airlines (Santiago) has ordered 10 additional Blended Winglet Systems for Boeing 767-300 ER passenger and freighter aircraft. This order brings LAN’s order total to 57 Blended Winglet systems for the Boeing 767-300 ER/F fleet making it the largest APB customer for this model.

Blended Winglet technology installed on a Boeing 767-300 ER/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 767-300E R/F by as much as 320 nautical miles, or increase the payload of the aircraft by as much as 16,000 pounds.

LAN has purchased 10 new Blended Winglet systems from APB and selected Delta Tech Ops and Mexicana MRO to perform these modifications promoting the growth of both MRO’s, especially Mexicana, which is now capable of carrying out winglet modifications. Mexicana also becomes the newest Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility to accomplish the Boeing 767-300 ER/F Blended Winglet installation. Mexicana had hoped to restart scheduled passenger operations.

Nearly 5,000 Blended Winglet Systems are now in service on Boeing 737s, 757s and 767s with more than 200 airlines worldwide. Since certification in 2009, APB has taken orders (firm and options) for 389 Boeing 767-300 ER/F Blended Winglet systems. APB estimates that Blended Winglets have saved airlines worldwide more than 3.3 billion gallons of jet fuel to-date.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Brand new Boeing 767-316 ER CC-BDH (msn 41748) at Paine Field near Everett will soon be receiving its set of Aviation Partners Blended Winglets.

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Nippon Cargo takes delivery of its first new Boeing 747-8F Freighter

Nippon Cargo Airlines-NCA (Tokyo-Narita) has taken delivery of its first new Boeing 747-8F Freighter, marking the Japanese debut for the 747-8F. The new airplane is NCA’s first 747-8F Freighter on order with Boeing.

The airline currently operates eight 747-400F Freighters with two 747-400F Freighters on lease with other airlines.

The environmentally focused Nippon Cargo Airlines will also undertake its first biofuel flight with this milestone 747-8F Freighter delivery. The new airplane will become the first 747-8F to use a blend of environmentally progressive biofuels (jet kerosene and used cooking oil) to fly across the Pacific Ocean.

Nippon Cargo Airlines, one of the launch customers for the 747-8F Freighter in 2005 and also part of a team that helped develop the aircraft, plans to begin revenue service with its new 747-8 Freighter by mid-August on Asia and North American routes.

The 747-8F Freighter will provide double-digit improvements in fuel burn, operating costs and lower emissions over the 747-400F Freighter. The 747-8F Freighter also provides 16 percent more revenue-generating cargo volume and boasts a significantly improved environmental performance. Per tonne-kilometer, its carbon dioxide emissions are 16 percent lower than those of the 747-400F Freighter. It also reduced its noise footprint by more than 30 percent.

Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. As previously reported, the pictured Boeing 747-8KZF JA13KZ (msn 36138) departing from Paine Field near Everett is also ushering in a new livery for Nippon Cargo.

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United Airlines adds its first Boeing 767-300 with Blended Winglets and new interior

United Airlines (Chicago) has added its first Boeing 767-300 with Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets.

On June 20, 2011 Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced that United Continental Holdings Inc., the parent company of United Airlines, had ordered Blended Winglets for its 767-300 ERs. Initial installations of the systems, on 14 aircraft, were planned to commence in 2012. With this order, United Continental Holdings becomes APB’s largest single customer having ordered more than 375 Blended Winglet systems to date.

United Airlines or Continental Airlines has either been the launch customer for, or otherwise ordered, Blended Winglets for every Boeing commercial aircraft type that APB has certified its product for – in chronological order this includes the: 757-200; 737-800; 737-700; 737-900; 737-900 ER; 737-500; 737-300; 757-300 and now the 767-300 ER. APB estimates that United Continental’s investment in Blended Winglets is now saving the airline approximately $200 million per year in jet fuel costs.

Blended Winglet technology installed on a 767-300 ER 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. In addition, 767-300 ER Blended Winglets can extend the range of the aircraft by as much as 320 nautical miles, or increase the payload of the aircraft by as much as 16,000 pounds. Since certification in 2009, APB has taken orders (firm and options) for over 340 767-300 ER Blended Winglet systems.

United Airlines today (June 11) introduced N674UA into international service with its newly reconfigured interior, with this evening’s departure of flight UA 908 from Chicago (O’Hare) to Amsterdam. The aircraft now features flat-bed seats in an all-new United BusinessFirst cabin, along with an upgraded inflight entertainment system throughout.

The aircraft is the first of 14 to get the new interior, offering 30 seats in United BusinessFirst, 49 in Economy Plus and 135 in Economy. In addition to flat-bed seats, United BusinessFirst offers a 15.4″ touchscreen monitor delivering on-demand inflight audio/video content, electrical and USB outlets for charging electronic devices, an iPod jack enabling customers to play content from their iPod-compatible devices and a five-course meal with fine wines. United Economy Plus seats provide more legroom and more recline than Economy seats. Each Economy Plus and Economy seat features a 9″ touchscreen on-demand, inflight entertainment system and all Economy rows have access to electrical outlets. On long-haul international flights, United offers Economy Plus and Economy customers complimentary food, soft drinks, juices, tea and coffee.

Top Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin. Boeing 767-322 ER N674UA (msn 29242) arrives at the San Francisco hub on June 10, 2012 as flight UA 499 from the Chicago (O’Hare) hub.

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