“Last year, the airline saved nearly 2,200 tonnes of kerosene despite its 777 fleet not being fully fitted at the time.”
SWISS covered all 12 of its 777-300ERs in AeroSHARK film, 50-micrometre riblets from Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The airline claims about 15,200 tons of CO2 saved a year. The Swiss Confederation paid toward it from a fund for environmental projects. Taxpayers subsidized a coating that cuts the airline’s fuel bill.