Summary EVA Air is the first Asian airline to use AeroSHARK, which reduces drag and cuts fuel consumption. AeroSHARK film on nine 777Fs will save over 2,500 metric tons of fuel yearly for EVA Air, cutting CO2 emissions. EVA Air aims for net-zero carbon emissions and is monitoring AeroSHARK tech benefits.
With the peak summer season a distant memory, now is the time when many Northern Hemisphere airlines send aircraft for planned maintenance and modifications. Taiwanese airline EVA Air is using some downtime to modify its fleet of nine Boeing 777Fs with AeroSHARK drag-reducing film. A growing AeroSHARK trend The revolutionary AeroSHARK technology has been around for a few years but the increasing pressure on airlines to reduce carbon emissions seems to be driving more to this Lufthansa Technik technology.
The latest is EVA Air , which, in a joint announcement with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) on Friday, announced it would be the first Asian airline to modify its aircraft with AeroSHARK. The first Boeing 777F , a 2019 freighter registered L-16786 and MSN 62828, has already rolled out of the hangar at EVA Air's Taiwan base at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), with the fuselage and engines nacelles covered with AeroSHARK film. EVA Air affiliate Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation (EGAT) made the modification under the watchful eye of LHT experts, and the modified 777F will return to service next month.
As discussed previously, AeroSHARK, jointly developed by LHT and .