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The winglet project is a sustainability initiative
implemented by UPS Airlines. The company already
operates one of the cargo sector's youngest and most
fuel-efficient air fleet, and is working to reduce its
carbon intensity an additional 20 percent by 2020 from a
2005 baseline. Other highlights of the airline's fuel
conservation efforts include computer-optimized flight
routes, aircraft taxi time management, and
alternate-fuel ground support equipment.
We
believe there is always some way you can improve, and
we're applying that spirit to our environmental
efforts," said UPS Airlines President Mitch Nichols.
"This is a great example of how we can use existing
technology to save money, lessen our impact on the
environment and serve our customers more efficiently."
The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine
jet airliner built by Boeing. It was the
manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first
airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft
features two turbofan engines, a conventional tail,
and for reduced aerodynamic drag, a supercritical
wing design. Designed as a smaller wide-body
airliner than preceding aircraft such as the 747,
the 767 has a capacity of 181 to 375 persons and a
design range of 3,850 to 6,385 nautical miles,
depending on variant. Development of the 767
occurred in tandem with a narrow-body twinjet, the
757, resulting in shared design features which allow
pilots to obtain a common type rating to operate
both aircraft.
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