Article: Winglets reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 2007-KLM: Winglets reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' first Boeing 737 with winglets arrived at Schiphol Airport on Saturday, March 17, 2007. The Boeing 737-800 PH-BXV was delivered to KLM at the Boeing plant in Seattle on Friday, March 16.

Winglets are vertical wingtips that improve the aerodynamics of an aircraft, reducing fuel consumption and related CO2 emissions.

These winglets will be a standard feature on all new Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft delivered to KLM. In addition, KLM's existing fleet of 14 Boeing 737-800s and ...

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