Northwest is flying its first Boeing 757-200 retrofitted with blended winglets in revenue service. The aircraft (N536US) is operating primarily from the airline's hubs to long-haul mainland U.S.

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Last year, as jet fuel prices climbed to $1.75 a gallon, AMR Corp.'s board of directors approved a fuel-conserving wing reconstruction program for 20 of American Airlines' Boeing 757s. The work, which ...

US Airways ordered Aviation Partners Boeing winglets for seven Boeing 757-200s. The retrofit will start in January. US Airways hopes annually to save at least 20,000 gallons of fuel per aircraft with ...

In one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" stories, an airline passenger looks out the window of a commercial plane and is horrified to see a monstrous gremlin on the wing. If you were to do the same ...