First Boeing 777 Takes off on Passenger Flights with BASF and Lufthansa Technik AeroSHARK Surface Technology
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For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines took off on a passenger flight with the AeroSHARK surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The fuselage and engine nacelles of the aircraft were recently fitted with approximately 950 square meters of so-called Riblet films, which replicate the flow-efficient properties of shark skin in order to reduce drag. Flow simulations have already identified a savings potential of just over one percent for this type of aircraft. As a result, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are also reduced by the same order of magnitude. The first scheduled flights with the aircraft will now serve to validate this savings potential in daily flight operations. Following validation, when all of the current eleven Boeing 777s at Lufthansa Cargo and twelve at SWISS will have received their AeroSHARK modification, they will reduce the Lufthansa Group’s carbon footprint by more than 25,000 tons annually. https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2022/10/p-22-385.html |
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