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Airbus says A320s with winglets will enter service in 2012

Airbus SAS said its first single- aisle A320 planes outfitted with winglets, also known as sharklets, will enter service in 2012 as scheduled.

The wingtips will increase range by improving the plane's aerodynamic properties, Frank Vermeire, head of A320 product marketing, said at a conference in Barcelona, Spain, sponsored by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading.

--Editors: Tom Lavell, Andrew Noel

To contact the reporter on this story: Andrea Rothman in Barcelona, Spain, via aerothmanbloomberg.net

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