Low-Cost Carrier easyJet is to trial a new state-of-the-art lower-weight paint, which could enable the operator to make further savings on fuel.
The airline and its partner Mankiewicz Aviation Coatings have developed a new system that reduces the amount of paint previously needed for livery colours. The product has already been applied to 38 aircraft and if the trial is successful, will be rolled out across the fleet by 2030.
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While the lighter weight coat generates a relatively modest impact per plane (27kg weight reduction), complemented with other fuel reduction methods and applied to entire fleets, this could provide another important method of reducing carbon emissions for the sector and is one of many initiatives that easyJet is using to effectively reduce emissions and fuel burn.
Eventually, the lightweight paint is expected to contribute to an overall saving of 1296 tonnes of fuel per year – once the roll out is completed at the end of 2029.
Lahiru Ranasinghe, Director of Sustainability at easyJet, said: “While this forms a small part of a bigger strategy, formulating a new lightweight paint with our partners at Mankiewicz Aviation Coatings exemplifies how we’re assessing every single part of our operation to find efficiency gains to help us achieve this mission.”
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