easyJet Set to Complete Equipping Airbus A320ceo Fleet with Fuel Saving Sharklets
- Joe Breitfeller
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easyJet has today announced that their entire fleet of Airbus A320ceos will soon be fitted with Airbus manufactured, fuel-saving sharklets. The final aircraft is scheduled to receive the upgrade by summer 2026.
On Friday (January 9, 2026), easyJet announced that they are set to equip their final A320ceo aircraft with Airbus manufactured, fuel-saving sharklets. The last remaining aircraft due to be retrofitted with sharklets by summer 2026, and the upgrade is expected to save a further 2,156 tons of fuel annually across easyJet’s fleet, equivalent to nearly 7,000 tonnes of CO₂. Sharklets are blended winglet devices that reduce fuel consumption by increasing the effective wingspan and minimizing lift-induced drag by up to 4.0 percent. The more fuel-efficient devices replace the aircraft’s original wing tip fences and will increase the aircraft’s range by up to 100 nautical miles.
In Friday’s announcement, easyJet’s Chief Operating Officer, David Morgan, said,
“Retrofitting our A320ceo aircraft with sharklets is another small but important step in our mission to operate as efficiently as possible. These upgrades deliver immediate reductions in fuel burn and carbon emissions and form part of many innovative solutions we’re employing to improve our efficiency and lower our impact.”
easyJet's Entire Fleet of A320ceos Will be Retrofitted With Advanced Sharklets by Summer 2026 - Courtesy easyJet
Since launching their roadmap in 2022 and announcing their ambition to reduce and decarbonize their environmental impact, easyJet has continued to invest in operational efficiencies and technologies that lower the airline’s impact both in the air and on the ground. easyJet remains on track to meet their ambitious target of a 35 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2035.
Source: easyJet