The Fiji Times, 19 June 2017 – AIRBUS is preparing to roll out a novel A380 wingtip design to rally support for the world’s largest passenger jet by improving its fuel efficiency, according to a prototype seen on Saturday.
A Reuters photographer got up close to the roughly three-meter-high split wingtip which has been installed on an A380 belonging to the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget airport, where the Paris Airshow opens on Monday.
It confirms an upgrade reported by Reuters and Usine Nouvelle on Friday. Airbus declined comment. Read more…
