EVA Air Becomes First Airline in Asia to Sign for Aeroshark Modification

EVA Air, Taiwan’s leading independent airline, has been announced by Lufthansa Technik AG as the first Asian airline having signed for modifications with its drag-reducing and hence fuel-saving AeroSHARK surface technology jointly developed with BASF. The Taipei-based airline decided to have its entire cargo fleet of nine Boeing 777F long-range freighters modified with the innovative riblet films covering the aircraft’s fuselage and engine nacelles.