Aircraft wing ice protection system and method

An aircraft wing, comprising:

• a wing body having a wing root spaced apart from a wing tip to define a span of the wing, and a leading edge spaced apart from a trailing edge to define a chord of the wing, a skin of the wing body having a leading edge portion with an inner surface delimiting a cavity of the wing body;
• a wing ice protection system, comprising:
• a curved flow guide disposed within the cavity and spaced apart from the leading edge portion to define a fluid channel therebetween;
• a bleed air supply operable to convey bleed air to the fluid channel;
• and
• turbulence-generating members positioned within the leading edge portion to engage the bleed air in the fluid channel, the turbulence-generating members being spaced apart along the fluid channel in a chordwise direction, and/or the turbulence-generating members being spaced apart along the fluid channel in a spanwise direction.