The future of air travel: windowless planes

If you wonder what business travel looks like in the future, brace yourself. The future planes will have no windows, but something much better.

Instead, they will offer interior walls that will be covered with a thin display screens embedded into the wall. Cameras surrounding the entire aircraft will construct breathtaking panoramic views displayed on the cabin screens. Spike Aerospace, designers of the Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet, has just announced this innovation in aircraft design. It will be incorporate into a business jet first, but may well become the future standard in civil aviation.

Having to include window poses a serious challenge to aircraft designers. Windows cause significant challenges in designing and constructing an aircraft fuselage. A window needs additional structural support, add to the parts count and add weight to the aircraft. With the micro-cameras and flat displays now available, Spike Aerospace can eliminate the structural issues with windows and reduce the aircraft weight.

You may wonder how you will ever take a nap under these conditions? Passengers will be able to dim the screens to catch some sleep or change it to one of the many scenic images stored in the system.