NewLaunches.com
has some images of the interior design for the business class of
the Airbus A350.
Countour's premium seats will be used which offer an additional 10% bed surface
area over that of other similar products. An interesting addition will be the
digEplayer XT which has a 8-inch TFT which offers true DVD-quality video and
crisp, clear text and graphics. It will have an integrated credit card swipe,
60GB or larger hard drive, USB 2.0 port and two independently controlled
headphone mini-jacks passengers add to each passenger's listening and viewing
pleasure. The addition of optional 802.11 a/b/g wireless facilitates uploads of
movies, TV sitcoms, games, audio, credit card transactions, usage statistics,
and more.
In related news,
Boeing is preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel
industry for the next 100 years. The radical Blended Wing design has been
developed by Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Center. The
mammoth plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747's 211 feet,
and is designed to fit within the newly created terminals used for the 555 seat
Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide. The new 797 is in direct response to the
Airbus A380 which has racked up159 orders, but has not yet flown any passengers.