I le maeʻa ai o le manuia o le fausiaina o Sharklets mo le Airbus320 NEO, ua amataina e le Korean Air le gaosiaina, faʻaiʻuina o le atinaʻeina. O le Sharklet, na fuafuaina e ma ua aloaʻia faʻapitoa i le Korean Air, o se "L" foliga-foliga fausiaina faʻapipiʻi i le pito o apaʻau o se vaʻalele. O le Sharklet o loʻo tipi i lalo le aerodynamic drag, ma fesoasoani e faʻaititia vortices foliga faʻasolosolo e fausia i apaʻau o vaalele i taimi o vaalele.

O le Korean Air na faʻatautaia se sauniga faʻamanatuina i lona Tech Center i Busan ia Setema 13 e faʻamanatuina ai le momoliina atu o le A330 NEO Sharklet muamua. O sui o le Korean Air Aerospace Division ma Airbus na auai i le faʻatasiga faʻatasi ai ma isi tagata faigaluega o faʻalapotopotoga uma e lua. A330 NEO o se faʻalelei atili le faʻataʻitaʻiga o le A330, o se vaalele-faʻalelei vaʻalele faʻailogaina e le maualuga lelei suauʻu, faʻaititia le leo leo ma umi mamao o le tusa 13,900km. O le vaʻalele ua maeʻa faʻamaoniaina 180 faʻatonuga mai tagata faʻatau i le lalolagi atoa ma o loʻo faʻaauau pea le faʻateleina.

O le Sharklet ei ai le lautele o 2m i le 4m umi, na fausiaina ma mea maualuga-tekonolosi mea lea o le a faʻapipiʻi luga o le pito o le A330 NEO apaʻau autu. E taua tele lona taua i le faʻaleleia atili o le faʻatinoina o vaalele, faʻaititia o carbon dioxide, ea-resistence ma le faʻaleleia atili o le fuel i le 4%.

I le masina o Fepuari o le tausaga na teʻa nei, na faʻatulaga ai e le Korean Air se 'aufaigaluega faʻapitoa e vaʻaia le poloketi. O Setema nei, na maeʻa ai e le 'au le atinaʻeina o le A330 NEO Sharklet ma amataina le amataina o ana galuega tetele. I se faʻaopopoga, ua maeʻa ona tuʻuina atu e le Korean Air le sili atu i le 1,800 tutoʻatasi na toe faʻaleleia le A320 NEO Sharklets talu mai le 2009. Ua faʻatino foi e le Korean Air le gaosiaina o le A350 uta faitotoʻa talu mai le 2008.

Ma le isi, Korea Air na auai i le faʻavaomalo soʻotaga atinaʻe o B787, atiaʻe le pito i tua fuselage ma ono isi autu vaega, gaosia sili atu nai lo 10 i le masina. Ina ua maeʻa ona kilivaina le muamua B737 MAX winglet ia Me o lenei tausaga, ua faʻateleina nei ona gaosia e le Korean Air.

O le Korean Air e tele lona sao i vaega gaosi oloa mo Airbus ma Boeing, o kamupani vaalele lauiloa i le lalolagi. O le faʻaauauina pea o le faiga paaga a le Korean Air ma Airbus ma Boeing o se faʻailoaina lea o le tulaga maoaʻe o le gaosiga a le kamupani vaʻalele.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

A Sharklet, designed by and accredited solely to Korean Air, is an “L”-shaped structure attached at the end of the wings of an aircraft.
Korean Air hosted a commemorative event at its Tech Center in Busan on Sep 13 to celebrate the delivery of the first A330 NEO Sharklet.
The Sharklet has a width of 2m by 4m length, created with high-tech material which will be installed on the end of the A330 NEO's main wings.