A team of researchers working with Dutch KLM Airlines have released concept art and details for what they believe to be the future of air travel.
The blended-wing body plane could be the future of air travel.
Dutch KLM Airlines, working in conjunction with a team of researchers from Airbus and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have released concept art for a sleek new plane design they say will maximize efficiency.
The aircraft, termed "AHEAD," stands for Advanced Hybrid Engine Aircraft Development. The design jettisons the typical fuselage body-with-wings approach of modern aircraft in favor of two sets of wings seamlessly connected to—that is, part of—the plane's body itself.
The single-shaped profile of the new aircraft is designed to improve airflow by reducing drag—which is presently bea
