American puts first Boeing 767 with winglets into service

Yesterday, American Airlines flew its the first Boeing 767 with blended winglets in service.

The carrier flew its 767 from Dallas last night arriving into London’s Heathrow airport this morning ahead of schedule.

“We are pleased that (Aviation Partners Boeing) chose to partner with American to develop and install these Blended Winglets, and we are especially happy that we also operated the first flight with customers onboard a winglet-equipped 767-300ER,” said Bob Reding, American’s Executive Vice President – Operations. “The fuel savings and emissions reductions that we will achieve are one more step in our efforts to both moderate costs and shrink the impact we have on our environment – two goals that go hand-in-hand.”

Boeing and Aviation Partners Boeing have been putting out 737s with blended winglets for years. But American has the first 767 with winglets.

Here’s my story about 767 winglets from last June.