LUFTHANSA Cargo's fourth Boeing 777F has been equipped with AeroSHARK technology by lufthansa Technik.
AeroSHARK is a functional surface film that imitates the microscopic structure of shark skin. It reduces the aerodynamic drag on the fuselage and engine nacelles of the Boeing 777F, resulting in significant fuel and emissions savings.
This technology, jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF, will be successively applied to Lufthansa Cargo's entire fleet of 777 freighters, making them more fuel efficient and reducing emissions. As with the previous modified freighters, Lufthansa Technik expects fuel savings of about one per cent.
Calculated over Lufthansa Cargo's entire 777 fleet, this will save more than 4,000 metric tonnes of kerosene per year and thus almost 13,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions. This corresponds to about fifty-three cargo flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai.
'The special coating significantly reduces the frictional resistance of the aircraft. Together with the lightweight cargo equipment we already use today, this technology will enable us to save 5,493 tons of kerosene per year. This is an important step on our way to becoming 100 percent CO2-neutral in the air by 2050,' said Ashwin Bhat, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.
By 2027, all 777 Freighters will be coated with AeroSHARK and the entire 777 fleet will be integrated into Lufthansa Cargo's global network of scheduled services. Modification of the next aircraft will begin in August 2024 during the regular maintenance layovers.
SeaNews Turkey
AeroSHARK is a functional surface film that imitates the microscopic structure of shark skin. It reduces the aerodynamic drag on the fuselage and engine nacelles of the Boeing 777F, resulting in significant fuel and emissions savings.
This technology, jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF, will be successively applied to Lufthansa Cargo's entire fleet of 777 freighters, making them more fuel efficient and reducing emissions. As with the previous modified freighters, Lufthansa Technik expects fuel savings of about one per cent.
Calculated over Lufthansa Cargo's entire 777 fleet, this will save more than 4,000 metric tonnes of kerosene per year and thus almost 13,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions. This corresponds to about fifty-three cargo flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai.
'The special coating significantly reduces the frictional resistance of the aircraft. Together with the lightweight cargo equipment we already use today, this technology will enable us to save 5,493 tons of kerosene per year. This is an important step on our way to becoming 100 percent CO2-neutral in the air by 2050,' said Ashwin Bhat, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.
By 2027, all 777 Freighters will be coated with AeroSHARK and the entire 777 fleet will be integrated into Lufthansa Cargo's global network of scheduled services. Modification of the next aircraft will begin in August 2024 during the regular maintenance layovers.
SeaNews Turkey