Lufthansa Technik is bringing its AeroSHARK technology to Airbus aircraft for the very first time. STC work for the A330ceo ...

Lufthansa Technik has begun the AeroSHARK certification process for the first Airbus model after achieving approval to ...

Lufthansa Technik is preparing to certify its shark skin riblet technology for older-generation Airbus A330ceo aircraft. The ...

Germany's Lufthansa Technik is to extend its fuel-saving fuselage and nacelle film coating to Airbus aircraft, commencing ...

AeroShark is currently flying so far only on 17 Lufthansa Group aircraft. These comprise a single Lufthansa 747-400, 12 Swiss 777-300ERs and four Lufthansa Cargo 777Fs.

On Aug. 19, Lufthansa Technik named Austrian Airlines as the first airline to use AeroSHARK on the 777-200ER. Austrian operates six 777-200ERs, and four of these will be equipped.

Lufthansa Technik and BASF have jointly developed the functional surface film AeroSHARK for commercial aircraft. The film is modelled on the microscopic structure of shark skin and is applied to ...

That being said, AeroShark is the exception here, as the folks at Lufthansa Technik learned something from nature that will save airlines a ton of money and reduce CO2 emissions over time.

Sister company Lufthansa Technik developed the new AeroShark technology with German chemical manufacturer BASF to meet aviation needs and estimates it can reduce drag more than 1%.