Korean Air Aerospace to manufacture new A320 Family 'Sharklets'

• Manufacturer selected as sole supplier for new energy-saving wingtip device

(Blagnac, May 31 2010) -- Korean Air Aerospace Division, the aerospace manufacturing division of the Korean Air Group, has been selected by Airbus as sole supplier of the new Airbus-designed "Sharklet" wingtip devices for the best-selling A320 Family of Single Aisle aircraft.

Under the terms of the agreement Korean Air Aerospace will manufacture the new composite wingtip devices and supply them to the A320 Family final assembly lines in Toulouse, Hamburg and Tianjin. The first A320 fitted with Sharklets will be delivered from the end of 2012.

Source : European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (Paris: EAD.PA)