Aircraft
Airbus’s Sharklets Gain EASA Approval
Airbus offers Sharklets on all new-build A320-family jets and plans to make them standard equipment on the A320neo family. (Photo: Airbus)
Airbus offers Sharklets on all new-build A320-family jets and plans to make them standard equipment on the A320neo family. (Photo: Airbus)

The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued certification of Airbus’s Sharklet wingtip device for CFM-powered A320 family narrowbodies, the manufacturer announced Monday. Airbus said it expects the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to issue its own approval “very soon.”