Lufthansa Technik has won its first Asian customer for its innovative AeroSHARK surface technology: the Taiwanese airline Eva Air.
The technology, developed in collaboration with BASF, is designed to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by around one percent by reducing frictional resistance. Eva Air plans to equip its entire freighter fleet, consisting of nine Boeing 777Fs, with the sharkskin-like coating. The first freighter has already been successfully modified and is scheduled to return to flight operations in September. The measure is expected to enable annual savings of over 2.500 tons of kerosene and more than 7.800 tons of CO2.