The Ryanair Group announced as part of its carbon strategy the group is to commence an $200 million investment to retrofit 409 Boeing 737-800 aircraft from existing blended winglets to the Split Scimitar Winglets to reduce fuel burn by 1.6%.
For each aircraft, the winglet system is expected to cut the operator’s fuel bill by more than 45,000 gallons (200,000 litres) of jet fuel per aircraft . Annual CO2 emissions will reduce by over 510 tonnes per aircraft. The SSW’s enable an extra 65nm range, according to Aviation Partners Boeing.
Ryanair Group B737NG fleet is operated by Buzz, Malta Air, Ryanair DAC and Ryanair UK.
Picture above Split Scimitar Winglet on EI-HGP Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair.
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