In the Making: First A319 Sharklets to American Airlines

Airbus delivered its 100th Sharklet-equipped A320 Family aircraft -- which also is the initial A319 equipped with these fuel-saving wingtip devices -- to American Airlines during a special ceremony held 23 July 2013 in Hamburg, Germany.

[jorthom]

There is something I remember, when was a young kid, I used to make plaes with paper, used to end the ends of the wings, the airplanes with the bent wings used, to fly for longer time and farer. I am talking of years 1960s. Your video is very good Thanks for sharing!

[_Tommmmmm_]

Must be satisfying to work on or build something like this and then of all things see it fly.

[Dutchbird]

That has to be one of the sweetest looking Airbusses every build. I only wished they'd put the tail design on the winglets...

[evanstar]

That music was so amazingly dramatic. I think I'm going to cry.

[ComeFlyWithMe]

I'm glad someone else knows the tanker story, not many people do.

[HamburgAirport]

Nice to see the "behind the scenes"!

[JacobTJ]

Several parts that i designed completely out of scratch flies on this very same aircraft in this video.. Proud to be an Engineer :-)

[QlassikTech]

I think an Airbus looks like a totally different airplane! It looks awesome!

[hawkboy]

OMG that livery fits the A319 perfectly! You made the right choice AA.

[phicao]

airbus you know how to make your planes look amazing!

[Airlinepilot]

Very nice indeed, stunning aircraft looks very slick

[theGottowatch]

That's actually a really nice livery

[markrussell]

What an awesome plane! And I must say, American's new livery is quite sleek and modern.

[BazAlderson-jackson]

She’s a beauty my absolute favourite plane 👌🏻❤️💙

[maconoseful]

For those who are unaware, Airbus now has a plant in the U.S.A.Yes the A320 in now an american made plane.

[Neptune-sqjb]

Wow, it shall be a lot of work, nice video

[InSimonated]

Loving the new American Airlines livery. So sleek!

[MrArthiom]

i prefer the old AA livery :(( though the new one looks nice on this airbus

[juventisa]

@AmericanAir Great addition to the fleet.

[italianluvah]

Congrats to aa and airbus. Looks great. Its gonna be great for aa