Originally Posted by
roberino
OK, so I understand what sharklets are. What I don't get is why it so frequently appears on website booking interfaces like below. Is anyone really going "Well this flight has sharklets so I'm definitely booking that one"? I book by price, flight timings and cabin comfort, as I'm sure most people do.
Then consider that there's the likely majority of passengers that have no clue what sharklets are. It seems to be saying that there are somehow juvenile apex predator fish on the plane (Baby Sharks on a Plane - the Samuel L Jackson sequel nobody asked for).
I applaud the use of anything that saves fuel but putting it up as a single word on the booking page with no explanation is just weird.
Important to some, less important to others. Gives airlines the ability to differentiate themselves as well as specific aircraft in their fleet since, as shown in your screengrab, not all AA A321s are alike. On GFlights, you get an actual calc as to your carbon impact. If I fly LAX-JFK on a 752, GFlights says my impact is 591 kg of CO2. If I fly LAX-EWR on a 78J, I'm assessed at 440 kg. Of course, the planes are flying anyway and if there are fewer persons on board, our average assessed carbon impact is higher but that's just math.
David