AeroSHARK rolled out to entire SWISS Boeing 777 fleet

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has fitted all of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with the fuel-saving technology, AeroSHARK. The AeroSHARK surface film mimics the flow-optimising characteristics of sharkskin. Applied to the fuselage and engine nacelles, it reduces drag during the flight. All twelve modified Boeing 777 aircraft have been in service with SWISS since this month. The implementation of AeroSHARK was preceded by years of research and development work by Lufthansa Technik and the chemical company BASF. ""We are very pleased with the results that we have achieved with AeroSHARK to date,"" says Claus Bauer, SWISS's head of technical fleet management. ""We're proud too, to be the first airline in the world to have equipped an entire aircraft fleet with this innovative technology. Each aircraft takes about a week to have its AeroSHARK film applied, which requires high-precision workmanship from our personnel. I am delighted that our commitment to this technology is delivering such positive results and is enabling us at SWISS to take a further substantial step in making our flight operations more sustainable."" ""Equipping the entire SWISS Boeing 777 fleet with AeroSHARK marks a milestone on the way to lower emissions in aviation. Even supposedly small technical innovations can make an important contribution to reducing CO2 emissions when flying,"" states Sören Stark, CEO of Lufthansa Technik. ""The fuel-saving effect of the bionic film has been confirmed in more than 60,000 flight hours at SWISS alone. This is the result of hard work, intensive research and a strong partnership between Lufthansa Technik and BASF. We are proud of this and want to continue to play an active role in shaping the transformation of aviation.""