Austrian Airline’s selects Lufthansa Technik’s AeroSHARK for 777-200ER

Austrian Airlines, a Lufthansa Group subsidiary, has selected Lufthansa Technik’s fuel-saving AeroSHARK surface film to four 777-200ER aircraft from December this year. It will mark the debut of the sharkskin technology on this aircraft type. The riblet film reduces frictional resistance during flight and thus lowers the kerosene consumption as well as CO2 emissions of long-haul aircraft. “We take our responsibility seriously and take every possible step to reduce CO2 emissions within our flight operations,” said Austrian Airlines chief operating officer Francesco Sciortino. “Even though our Boeing 777-200ERs are in their final years of service, we take this investment to