You might be looking through a virtual plane window one day

Looking out a plane window is one of the simpler, if perhaps only, pleasures of flying.

But Emirates envisages a future of windowless planes, instead incorporating viewing screens which are connected to fibre-optic cameras which are pointed away from the aircraft.

The virtual windows are already part of the middle suites on the airline’s Boeing 777 first class cabin, which launched late last year. 

Such changes would make a plane lighter and faster, and thus more fuel efficient, according to Emirates president Tim Clarke. Read more…

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