SEATTLE,
July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sterling Airlines took delivery of
8 Blended Winglet Systems -- seven 737-700 and one 737-800 system -- on
June
30th, 2007. A repeat customer, the Copenhagen-based carrier has operated
4 Blended Winglet Equipped 737-800s for several years and has now made the
decision to go 100% Blended Winglets. If all options are exercised, as
planned, Sterling's fleet of 20 Performance Enhanced 737NGs will save over
2.6 million gallons (9 million liters) of fuel annually.
"We're pleased to be able to offer our customers a more environmentally
friendly plane journey. We share our passengers' concerns about CO2 emissions.
That's why we've chosen to make a milestone commitment to exploiting the
technological capabilities that already exist, in order to reduce the
pollution from our planes," says CEO Almar Orn Hilmarsson from Sterling
Airlines.
Founded in 1962, the inspiration for the carrier's name came from the
founder's mother who used to give sterling silver gifts because, for her, it
was the very symbol of quality. The same attitudes toward quality, long-term
value and being a good neighbor characterize the special Sterling spirit
today. Investing in Blended Winglets -- fleet wide -- offers dramatic and
long-term environmental benefits with reduced fuel consumption, reduced engine
emissions and reduced noise on takeoff and landing.
AirCastle Advisors owns the 7 Sterling 737-700s to be upgraded with
patented* Blended Winglets while ILFC is lessor of Sterling's latest Blended
Winglet Equipped 737-800. With utilization rates of more than 3500 hours per
year, and a long-haul scheduled and charter route structure to over 40
destinations within Europe, Sterling is well positioned to gain maximum
advantage from it's Blended Winglet assets.
"Sterling is a particularly progressive and eco-conscious airline and
we're very pleased that they've made the decision to equip the remainder of
their fleet with Blended Winglet Technology," says Aviation Partners Boeing
CEO John Reimers. "As the first operator of Blended Winglets in Scandinavia,
and the largest low-cost airline in the region today, this order is another
important endorsement of our Visible Technology."
Aviation Partners Blended Winglets are now in service on over 1750
commercial aircraft with more than 40 airlines.
http://www.aviationpartnersboeing.com /
* Patent No. 5348253
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