AirAsia to become first Airbus A320 ‘Sharklets’ operator

[AlvinLvK 0]

NICE!!! can't wait for it!

[Waiping 12]

Watch out for 9M-AQQ.

[flee 5]

Watch out for 9M-AQQ.

Sharklets should save more fuel on the long sectors like KUL-MFM and KUL-HKG.

 

I think there is a good chance it will go to BKI as it can be used for the BKI-ICN sector too.

[Isaac 0]

I think there is a good chance it will go to BKI as it can be used for the BKI-ICN sector too.

If this happens, it means AK will no longer fly only routes up to 4 hours.

[Waiping 12]

Sharklets should save more fuel on the long sectors like KUL-MFM and KUL-HKG.

 

I think there is a good chance it will go to BKI as it can be used for the BKI-ICN sector too.

 

However BKI-ICN is not available yet. Based on observation it seems the newer AKs (AQM, AQN, AQO) are rarely routed here.

[AlvinLvK 0]

will there be any ETOPS certified AK's A320 sharklets?

[alberttky 0]

[flee 5]

 

However BKI-ICN is not available yet. Based on observation it seems the newer AKs (AQM, AQN, AQO) are rarely routed here.

Oops - my typing is leaping ahead of my brain!

 

Yes, perhaps it can be used on BKI-TPE or BKI-HKG routes!

[Kris Kim 0]

Loving the new livery! When will the rest of the group's fleet start repainting? Are D7's A330's getting a repaint into the new livery too?

[Sharil Abdul Rahman 0]

you know, with the new c/s and sharklets, it looks like a baby a330.

 

at least sekali pandang from my eyes.

 

edit: whoops my bad. similar perhaps.

 

the slant on the a330 is from back to front at Door 1.

 

this one is from front to back.

Edited December 9, 2012 by Sharil Abdul Rahman

[Amirul Mazlan 0]

The sharklets makes the A320 complete..

[Cheng Long 0]

Looks a bit like Boeing now..

[Waiping 12]

It's a hybrid BoeingBus.

[flee 5]

I wonder how much fuel they will save on the delivery flight.

[alberttky 0]

I wonder how much fuel they will save on the delivery flight.

4%?

[JingKai Seah 0]

4%?

How much does that translates into the extra range it gets?

[flee 5]

How much does that translates into the extra range it gets?

For AirAsia, range does not matter because all its flights are shorter than 4 hours.

 

What the sharklets will do for AirAsia is to reduce trip costs as it does not burn so much fuel. That means it carries less fuel each trip (less weight) and that will also translate into more payload (revenue). So it will help the airline make more money!

[JingKai Seah 0]

For AirAsia, range does not matter because all its flights are shorter than 4 hours.

 

What the sharklets will do for AirAsia is to reduce trip costs as it does not burn so much fuel. That means it carries less fuel each trip (less weight) and that will also translate into more payload (revenue). So it will help the airline make more money!

Okay.. but just out of curiosity.. how much more range does the sharklets provide? anyone care to calculate or point me to any article?

[Sharil Abdul Rahman 0]

Guys - just another question here.

 

is this an a320, or a320 NEO?

[Sri Ramani K. 0]

It is still an A320-216. Not the NEO yet. Planned delivery of the NEO is probably in 2015.

[Rozhan 0]

Interesting that AK now uses MH's original registration for the first batch of 737-200s, at a time when MH is doing a retro livery. I wonder why MH changed the AQ_ series to MB_ series at that time.

[flee 5]

Okay.. but just out of curiosity.. how much more range does the sharklets provide? anyone care to calculate or point me to any article?

Airbus claims a 3.5% improvement in range. They now quote 6,100 km range with Sharklets.

http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a320family/a320/specifications/

[Sharil Abdul Rahman 0]

 

9M-AQQ, meet..... 9M-AQQ

 

 

Forty years seperates them in time and space.

[JingKai Seah 0]

Airbus claims a 3.5% improvement in range. They now quote 6,100 km range with Sharklets.

http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a320family/a320/specifications/

Thanks flee .. so thats about 200km extra compared to A320 without sharklets~

[GeO 0]

Airbus A320 with winglet looks like mixed Boeing and Airbus parentage.