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Old 13th Jul 2011, 09:41
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ravfooty
 
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Airbus want to stick some slighly more efficent engines on their A32x
The 15% fuel savings are cumulative with some other aerodynamic changes as well, such as the new blended winglets or sharklets as they're being called which offer a 3.5% fuel burn reduction.

The sharklets as implemented on the NEO cannot be retrofitted, however Airbus have just announced that they are looking at alternatives for retrofit.
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