Post by Shveta Gupta

𝓘𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓷 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮.  Sharks have perfected drag reduction over millions of years—and now aviation is learning from them. Lufthansa Technik and BASF’s 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐊 technology—inspired by sharkskin riblets—has already proven its impact across Lufthansa Group fleets. -- 𝑭𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: ~1% per aircraft today, with potential up to 3% -- 𝑪𝑶₂ 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Over 62,000 tons already avoided -- 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕: SWISS, Lufthansa Cargo, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa wide-body aircraft i.e. only Lufthansa Group 🌍 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒖𝒇𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒂 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑: Airbus has applied 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐊 to the 𝐀330𝐜𝐞𝐨, extending riblet film to fuselage, nacelles, wings, and tailplanes. -- 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: >2% fuel burn reduction on long-haul missions Significance: First commercial certification of riblet technology on an Airbus wide-body 🔹 This is 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆 —nature-inspired innovation delivering measurable sustainability gains and moving aviation closer to climate neutrality by 2050. This collaboration shows how 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 + 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 + 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 can deliver measurable sustainability gains—𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 2050. #SustainableAviation #GreenTech #AviationInnovation #LufthansaTechnik #Airbus #NetZeroby2050 #Biomimicry #EngineeringExcellence DIVYANSHI AVIATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Vandana Aircraft Services Pvt. Ltd. Purushottam (Puru) Ashok Bhasin Vadiraj Kulkarni Vishal Kumar DIVYA SINGH