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Mango Airlines to install Split
Scimitar Winglets on Boeing fleet
viation Partners Boeing (APB) has
announced that South Africa’s
Mango Airlines has ordered its
latest Split Scimitar Winglet technology for
its Boeing Next Generation 737-800 fleet.
“Mango Airlines clearly recognises the
enhanced performance and improvement
to the operating economics of the Boeing
Next Generation 737-800 fleet from the
installation of Split Scimitar Winglets,” said
Christopher Stafford, Aviation Partners
Boeing Director of Sales and Marketing.
“With the installation of the Split
Scimitar Winglet System, not only will
Mango Airlines realise significant fuel
savings in its network, but it will also show
its environmental stewardship.”
The Split Scimitar Winglet modification
reduces Boeing Next-Generation 737 block
fuel consumption by an additional 2.2% over
the Blended Winglets. The Split Scimitar
Winglet System will reduce Mango’s annual
fuel requirements by more than 155,000
litres per aircraft and their carbon dioxide
emissions by over 390 tonnes per aircraft
per year.
“As a low-cost airline, Mango is
continuously looking at ways to maximise the
operating profitability of our fleet in order
to remain competitive in an increasingly
challenging environment,” said Marelize
Labuschagne, Acting Chief Executive Officer,
Mango Airlines. “We are therefore both proud
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South Africa’s Mango Airlines has ordered its latest
Split Scimitar Winglet technology for its Boeing
Next Generation 737-800 fleet
and excited to have Aviation Partners Boeing
as our partner in this endeavour and eagerly
await the realisation of the projected savings.”
Since launching the Boeing Next-
Generation 737 Split Scimitar Winglet
programme, APB has taken orders and
options for more than 2,000 systems and
nearly 1,200 aircraft are now operating
with the technology. APB estimates that
its products have reduced aircraft fuel
consumption worldwide by over 9.1 billion
gallons to-date thereby saving over 96
million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Mango Airlines SOC Ltd, trading as
Mango, is a state-owned South African low-
cost airline based at OR Tambo International
Airport near Johannesburg and a subsidiary
of South African Airways.
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