Airbus of the future – The see-through plane

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Airbus has a vision

for for air travel in 2050

see-through planes

European plane manufacturer Airbus takes a look 40 years into the future and unveiled concept designs for the aircraft of 2050. The company’s vision offers a revolution in air travel.

Airbus is showing genuine vision

Gone are the regulated class divisions of First, Business and Economy, replaced by personalised zones that offer flexible, tailored levels of relaxation, interactivity and working spaces

Passengers can choose to travel in the Interactive zone, with a bar and electronic games where they can mingle and socialise. And those wanting quiet and solitude can choose the Relaxation zone.

The fuselage is replaced by a bone-like structure that will allow for panoramic views outside the aircraft.

Although Airbus engineers are gazing 40 years into the future, some of these developments could be turned into reality and incorporated into plane designs so that passengers reap the benefit of air travel with minimal environmental impact.

“Our research shows that passengers of 2050 will expect a seamless travel experience while also caring for the environment,” Charles Champion, Airbus Executive Vice President Engineering, told London’s Daily Telegraph.

“The Airbus Concept Cabin is designed with that in mind, and shows that the journey can be as much a voyage of discovery as the destination.”

Airbus is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, near Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world’s jet airliners.

Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers, Airbus Industrie. Consolidation of European defence and aerospace companies in 1999 and 2000 allowed the establishment of a simplified joint-stock company in 2001, owned by EADS (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006.

Airbus employs around 52,000 people at sixteen sites in four European Union countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain. Final assembly production is at Toulouse (France), Hamburg (Germany), Seville (Spain) and, since 2009, Tianjin (People’s Republic of China). Airbus has subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, China and India.

The company is known for producing and marketing the first commercially viable fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320, and the world’s largest airliner, the A380.

At least Airbus is optimistic we do have a future, which is encouraging considering all the doom, gloom and fear that is pervading our society right now.