{"id":165277,"date":"2024-05-15T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=165277"},"modified":"2024-05-15T21:52:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T21:52:29","slug":"swiss-equipped-all-boeing-777-aircraft-with-emission-reducing-sharkskin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/05\/swiss-equipped-all-boeing-777-aircraft-with-emission-reducing-sharkskin.html","title":{"rendered":"SWISS equipped all Boeing 777 aircraft with emission-reducing “sharkskin”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) <\/strong>has been steadily providing its Boeing 777-300ER long-haul aircraft fleet with the fuel-saving AeroSHARK technology since the first aircraft so equipped performed the world\u2019s first scheduled AeroSHARK flight in October 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final member of the SWISS Boeing 777 fleet, HB-JNF, received its \u2018sharkskin\u2019 film at the beginning of this month, and all 12 aircraft are now in service with the innovative new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 SWISS launches new direct route between Zurich and Seoul<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transparent AeroSHARK film is applied to the aircraft\u2019s fuselage and engine nacelles. With its micrometers-deep \u2018riblets\u2019 that are aligned to the direction of airflow, the film replicates the hydrodynamic skin of a shark, reducing air resistance in flight by around one per cent. As a result, even with only part of its Boeing 777 fleet equipped with the new technology, AeroSHARK lowered SWISS\u2019s kerosene consumption last year by over 2,200 tonnes, with concomitant reductions of some 7,100 tonnes in the airline\u2019s carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very pleased with the results that we have achieved with AeroSHARK to date,\u201d says Claus Bauer, SWISS\u2019s Head of Technical Fleet Management. \u201cWe\u2019re proud, too, to be the first airline in the world to have equipped an entire aircraft fleet with this innovative technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible extension to further aircraft types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The AeroSHARK aircraft skin technology has been jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and coatings manufacturer BASF. SWISS is also considering extending its AeroSHARK application programme to further aircraft types in its long-haul fleet in the medium-term future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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