ANA Expands Riblet Film Tests To Dash 8-400

Dash 8-400
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) is broadening its riblet-film studies to a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprop as the airline works to eke-out fuel savings under a sustainability initiative. Commonly known as "shark skin film," the material was developed by Japan’s Nikon Corporation as early as the...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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