Selling most seats at a premium economy price-range would allow the airline to sell fewer seats than it currently does and make the same amount of money. It could change the economics of flying - on a 300 seater plane - rather than selling say 30 business, 70 premium economy and 200 economy seats - an airline could sell 30 business and 200 premium economy seats and fly at a reduced density for the same revenue. This model would only likely be used by full-service carriers like Emirates, whilst low-cost carriers would stick with their high-density model.
The design for these actually can be apply to HyperLoop One as well, you could use stay inside and pick option to only travel on airplane over ocean and the rest on land.
Yeah, it's interesting that we keep seeing the "screen replaces window" idea. We also saw it on that expensive cruise liner's cabins. If it's going to have a chance, they'll need to perfect the lighting, but I'm a bit skeptical.
stephannikolic If just people not buy brands, it will actually be a successful project. Imagine having a broken camera and all you do is to go to store and take off your broken one and put on the new one without have to wait weeks.
I have Motorola Z2Play with moto mods, so I am sorry that no1 is continue in developing this mods, because the idea is perfect and can be used in many another ways, for example in medicine. But someone must develop module with sensors, there already exist gooble which shows veins and so on.
First time a daycare module flight meets decent turbulence.... Love the show and like the idea but the realist in me who has flown a lot can't see this for 20+ years
Cool new series, looking forward to more. Let's be honest, with how slow and pathetic the FAA is, it will take forever for something like this to be passed.
"pathetic". They're not slow. They must look at everything about every part. Or would you rather have much higher chances of dieing in an aircraft or getting killed by one that crashes onto your house. It just takes that time.
Would prefer them being strict over this rather than jeopardized safety when you fly in a tin can at Mach 0.80, with subfreezing temperature at the outside, sudden decompression, hypoxia, fire hazard, and thousand things that FAA and other regulators care about.
The FAA would just be making sure that 100% of it is safe, especially with something that has to be moved then pressurized, they need to make sure that nothing can go wrong before you put people on it, like the dehaviland comet, where it would explode in mid air because of something as small as the windows, the idea has several parts where it could go very wrong, which would lead to the idea that the FAA might want to spend a bit more time looking at it
well $$$.....think when they already have profit cows, they do small improvements competition in segments like this be postponed or even denied by paid politicians. Not complaining.... just how the way the world works.....world...every country.
Current aircrafts aren't typically cleaned more than once or twice a year due to limitations on time between the plane landing and flying again. These will never be cleaned :P
Craig Duffy you are forgetting the possibility of having extra modules and cleaning the unused ones on the ground while the plane is flying. and just swap in a clean one when the plane is on regular servicing or waiting on the ground. planes for big airline that run the hub model tend to stay on the ground for quite some time. budget airlines the ones that have very low ground time, as they don't usually do connections
"Priced around premium economy - if they can maintain seat density" Um. Considering that current layouts just about cram as many seats into each square meter as they possibly can, what magic are they hoping to use that will allow them to maintain seat density while using some of that seating space for kids play areas, cycle studios, coworking spaces and restaurants? Not saying it won't happen, but there's no way in hell this is going to be priced anywhere near economy.
I don't think people want more space or luxury, I just think people want to get point A to B the fastest. they should focus on making better airports not better airplanes
I totally agree. They should think about safety, confort, and speed issues. Not how cool it looks to have a piano bar, a spa, or a daycare inside an airplane. It's out of the point.
VIDD THE DESIGNER exactly. Reminds me how they keep adding things to cell phones but the battery life is still pathetic. Sometimes practicality trumps "experiences"
concorde essentially failed because people didn't want to spend extra money to save a few hours and be in less comfort during the process, so not sure this is completely correct
As a pilot myself, I know this will never happen, or not in our near future, too many structural vulnerabilities to make this a safe solution, especially considering how aircraft are pressurized. To load a module during a quick turnover sounds scary dangerous. I can see it working if modules were changed every week.... If this does happen, I'll be the last person to fly this thing. Especially knowing first hand how the mechanics take care of these aircraft.
Airlines probably wouldn't be changing these cabins frequently, even every week would be a very frequent. They're just trying to bring it down from the 7 years they talked about in the video.
This would be difficult especially with weight and balance. Each module would change that and with multiple people moving around at once would significantly change these numbers
Who doesn't like flying? Its so great being 35,000 ft in the air, gazing at e rare and special view outside your window. Not only that but you get to be away from most world troubles for how ever long your flight is
Extravagant amenities in commercial airliners have been been floated for a long time. Time and time again, the realities of the economics of flying results in airlines packing planes with as many seats as possible.
Lauren is such a pleasing host, she seems intelligent, and in this format her reviews are more concise and meaningful. There are tons of talking heads out there, this show puts her talents to great use, nice job Verge!
This is so cool and very well made series, I already want a Season 2 of this. Keep doing big series on The Verge guys just like before with Small Empires and other video features, we missed that.
This is literally my dream world. It's like tiny homes, meets vanlife, meets airtravel... space travel. Utilizing industry leading best practices to make cells for colonizing the planet more effectively.
1) Selling most seats at a premium economy price-range would allow the airline to sell fewer seats than it currently does and make the same amount of money. It could change the economics of flying - on a 300 seater plane - rather than selling say 30 business, 70 premium economy and 200 economy seats - an airline could sell 30 business and 200 premium economy seats and fly at a reduced density. This model would only likely be used by full-service carriers like Emirates, whilst low-cost carriers would stick with their high-density model. 2) Initally this technology won't be used for the "modular experience" but just as a more efficient way for airlines to update their interior. So a standard 3-class interior, but broken up into modules so it's easy to replace.
Alex Lips Not with the bullshit modules they have on display in this video. If you think you're going to have a fitness studio, restaurant and bars in a commercial plane then you are an idiot. To run this level of service at this low density, the whole plane would have to be first class pricing.
Alex Lips Also, this is a ridiculous way of refreshing the interior. Most airlines just replace aircraft after 10 years, and not much changes in aviation in 10 years. This design is wasting space, creating structural weaknesses and causing safety hazards. Also, no windows, who the hell wants that. If the world worked like this, then passenger planes would all be fairly comfortable, with nice large seats and aisles. But no, they are designed for maximum cost efficiency, sorry but that's capitalism.
A great video from the verge, and I think personally it's a very interesting idea that's refreshing and innovative from Airbus. It's certainly better than some alternate plane designs I've seen recently, where they've tried to cram as many passengers on as possible. To those who say it's ridiculous, it's not as long as an airline can find the demand for this product and make it feasible. It's mostly an interior change and it certainly isn't the craziest developments we've seen in products that have eventually gone on to be successful.
Ben Palmer It's not an 'interior change', it is a completely new plane design. No airline will pay extra for this, just to have to pay for more maintenance and more modules, for lower density and higher costing services.
It's not, they use a cargo plane instead of a commercial plane and who would have thought people would pay for a lot of the stuff they do? Demand is found in very odd places.
the Concorde went broke because of it's high price of it's tickets. not to mention, maintaining a normal plane itself already cost a lot. if you watch wendover production (great channel btw), you can see that the economy of budget airlines is that they want a practical and fuel efficient plane (the 787 dreamliner is a great example), and how demand for budget airlines is really high. this looks opposite of what a commercial airplane should be striving for(fuel efficiency and practicality). call me a skeptic, but i really doubt this concept would take off, nor do i think it's an innovative move.
yHaNw We're on the same point, mate. I'm saying that there may be a portion of the population who would love to fly on one of these, and can afford it, but this number of people is too small to justify such extensive costs, like the Concorde
Great concept but I agree with many here on the window issue. I would think without windows that passengers would develop motion sickness similar to the way that they do onboard a ship. How are they accounting for motion sickness?
2:20 "It's kind of crazy to think that we might have these really cool pods before we have really consistent working WiFi in airplanes" SHE WENT FOR IT
Isn't there already something like a "cruise ship" in the air already in production and way more viable than this? I think they're like zeppelins that definitely take longer to go from destination to destination, naturally because they're cruise ships in the sky
I give you some feedback: I enjoy flying and I fly because of the flying feeling. Same with cruise ship. I take big boat because I like the sea feeling in them. If you make airplane feeling more an office or crowded restaurant feeling you can count minus one passenger.
The main reason is probably that they get funding by the government if they have business in that country. I know The U.S government have done that before.
By value, the majority of outside supplier components on an Airbus come from the US, not Europe. Most of their engines are US or US-joint venture (GE, Pratt & Whitney, CFM). A large amount of electronics are US (Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, GE). Therefore, Airbus by necessity has engineers and labs in the US. They even are building Airbus planes in Alabama.
Why do a modular space? It takes up so much more space with dual structure skins and tolerances to swap out the modules, plus the simulation already showed how cramp it would be like with people constantly off their seats, would be like having a department party in a meeting room.
(this is not an idea airbus/boeing so don't do this, but....) I recon airlines could earn a lot more money from this idea if they are to fit a conventional seating layout in in. Swapping out arrival cabins to perhaps pre-loaded cabins could allow for quicker turnaround times, quicker boarding due to the fact you can board each module separately, with no slowdown from any other module. Aircraft manufacturers could turn this into something big for them - Would it be big for us though? It could mean cheaper flights, more pay for aircraft staff (because apparently they don't get paid for ground time) and perhaps even a bit more legroom. It would be interesting if something like this, even if it is a conventional seating layout, became a thing, as if this idea does it could resolute in cheaper holidays. Furthermore, there is the possibility of self loading your hold baggage into the hold, reducing the amount of lost or damaged bags - These can be collected from your module when you disembark. The only thing that really needs to happen is quicker loading times for these modules. Now that I think about this, this seems like a really good idea.
It can happen but ONLY with super expensive tickets. So many seats are replaced with a restaurant, beds, gym, day care etc. so why do they even think they'll have the same passenger density?
There is a small market for private shared charters. I can see why airbus wishes to research this. Cabins can be swapped out quickly for airplanes operated by different carriers as well as maintenance and cleaning efficiency. Apart from the current floor concept this is actually a good idea.
TYler SChecter i believe since it's modular system meaning they will slot the sections into the plane with different permutations, the windows might not always match up to the exterior of the plane so they just block it all out
This is a fantastic idea, but it seems that the planes would be incredibly crowded; the planes that are currently being used are already crowded, with lines forming to use the bathroom. Imagine half the plane standing in the pathway and trying to get to the bathroom. That's probably how it's going to be like trying to get to something as simple as the restaurant, only harder.
Actually, I've heard from a friend of mine contracting for Boeing that they are working on using vacuum to speed up the offboarding process. He said economy class could be emptied in seconds.
This is how the A380 stays in the game! 1 floor of these free range modules and 1 floor of regular airplane seating to keep the same passenger density as regular planes
Isn't the best way to just push the modulars in from the back just like the standard cargo plains? And yeah you can make like hols in the modulars whkle the skelet of the plain would be just the tube with windows and doors.. it's simple actually and ut would take like what few min to put in the modular so 15 min and all of them are in right?
I think this is unattainable, so much free space due to a lack of passenger density, would lead to ticket prices skyrocketing.
Selling most seats at a premium economy price-range would allow the airline to sell fewer seats than it currently does and make the same amount of money. It could change the economics of flying - on a 300 seater plane - rather than selling say 30 business, 70 premium economy and 200 economy seats - an airline could sell 30 business and 200 premium economy seats and fly at a reduced density for the same revenue. This model would only likely be used by full-service carriers like Emirates, whilst low-cost carriers would stick with their high-density model.
Christophe tbh most ppl with thatoney rather hve private jet or something
The design for these actually can be apply to HyperLoop One as well, you could use stay inside and pick option to only travel on airplane over ocean and the rest on land.
No windows
Linux is also an option
Yeah, it's interesting that we keep seeing the "screen replaces window" idea. We also saw it on that expensive cruise liner's cabins. If it's going to have a chance, they'll need to perfect the lighting, but I'm a bit skeptical.
Screensaver is windows
Nick Combs OLED. No need to perfect it with perfect blacks and accurate colours.
BanterEdits i love my LG OLED TV but on planes I really need real windows, call me old fashioned 😂
So what happens during turbulence? Lose items are very dangerous
John Leo, they had bars in planes for decades, so that wouldn't be much difficult to develop.
Marvincent Acuña but what if emergency
There are literally bars in FAA-approved commercial aircraft, so try again.
Marvincent Acuña what about bombs?
abacada seesyou
Bruh.....
The amount of space they waste getting rid of all the seats though
And the amount of possible revenue.
MultiHowl true
They could make up for it by charging extra if you want to fly on one of these planes
It's in the Cargo hold
Someone 234 no it’s a cargo plane not the cargo hold, plus every passenger plan cargos hold is on bottom
"who previously worked on Motorola's modular phone project" ... Yeah, we know how that went. Lol
stephannikolic If just people not buy brands, it will actually be a successful project. Imagine having a broken camera and all you do is to go to store and take off your broken one and put on the new one without have to wait weeks.
Watch a channel Called Poly Matter. They explain how tech giants like google play hard and it keeps them in the forefront.
I have Motorola Z2Play with moto mods, so I am sorry that no1 is continue in developing this mods, because the idea is perfect and can be used in many another ways, for example in medicine. But someone must develop module with sensors, there already exist gooble which shows veins and so on.
First time a daycare module flight meets decent turbulence....
Love the show and like the idea but the realist in me who has flown a lot can't see this for 20+ years
Cool new series, looking forward to more.
Let's be honest, with how slow and pathetic the FAA is, it will take forever for something like this to be passed.
"pathetic". They're not slow. They must look at everything about every part. Or would you rather have much higher chances of dieing in an aircraft or getting killed by one that crashes onto your house. It just takes that time.
Would prefer them being strict over this rather than jeopardized safety when you fly in a tin can at Mach 0.80, with subfreezing temperature at the outside, sudden decompression, hypoxia, fire hazard, and thousand things that FAA and other regulators care about.
omg im a fan!
The FAA would just be making sure that 100% of it is safe, especially with something that has to be moved then pressurized, they need to make sure that nothing can go wrong before you put people on it, like the dehaviland comet, where it would explode in mid air because of something as small as the windows, the idea has several parts where it could go very wrong, which would lead to the idea that the FAA might want to spend a bit more time looking at it
well $$$.....think when they already have profit cows, they do small improvements
competition in segments like this be postponed or even denied by paid politicians.
Not complaining.... just how the way the world works.....world...every country.
I wonder what these cabins would look like after 5 years of full usage
I imagine not perfect but damn near close, I mean if they can be swapped in half an hour then they can be cleaned probably quickly as well
Current aircrafts aren't typically cleaned more than once or twice a year due to limitations on time between the plane landing and flying again. These will never be cleaned :P
Craig Duffy you are forgetting the possibility of having extra modules and cleaning the unused ones on the ground while the plane is flying. and just swap in a clean one when the plane is on regular servicing or waiting on the ground. planes for big airline that run the hub model tend to stay on the ground for quite some time. budget airlines the ones that have very low ground time, as they don't usually do connections
Think how old and how long a cruise ship is used for... same for these type of plane
Shutup
"What if you could pay extra on..."
Never stopped a video faster in my life.
no plane windows? So much for looking at the great beauty of the skies and wing flexes. :(
DaNihsel in the future they said that they will remove the passenger windows on the plane because it could save fuel, and change it with led screens
mathias martiney This is aviation, that will take decades to come about.
"Priced around premium economy - if they can maintain seat density"
Um. Considering that current layouts just about cram as many seats into each square meter as they possibly can, what magic are they hoping to use that will allow them to maintain seat density while using some of that seating space for kids play areas, cycle studios, coworking spaces and restaurants?
Not saying it won't happen, but there's no way in hell this is going to be priced anywhere near economy.
Lachlan Sleight Stacking, probably? We'll be transported laying down just like the slaves in Atlantic Slave Trade, only better 😂
I don't think people want more space or luxury, I just think people want to get point A to B the fastest. they should focus on making better airports not better airplanes
People show up as late as possible because they don't wanna be there. No point in spending millions on something that goes ignored.
best comment!
I totally agree. They should think about safety, confort, and speed issues. Not how cool it looks to have a piano bar, a spa, or a daycare inside an airplane. It's out of the point.
VIDD THE DESIGNER exactly. Reminds me how they keep adding things to cell phones but the battery life is still pathetic. Sometimes practicality trumps "experiences"
concorde essentially failed because people didn't want to spend extra money to save a few hours and be in less comfort during the process, so not sure this is completely correct
I'd rather have Concorde than this.
Li Zheng same. I want to get where I'm going as fast as possible, not mingle with passengers.
I want a hypersonic antipodal airliner.
Concorde ftw !
There having a couple of Concorde flights in 2019 well that's what I've heard anyway!!!!!!
AMEN brother
I actually greatly enjoy looking out the window.
As a pilot myself, I know this will never happen, or not in our near future, too many structural vulnerabilities to make this a safe solution, especially considering how aircraft are pressurized. To load a module during a quick turnover sounds scary dangerous.
I can see it working if modules were changed every week....
If this does happen, I'll be the last person to fly this thing. Especially knowing first hand how the mechanics take care of these aircraft.
Airlines probably wouldn't be changing these cabins frequently, even every week would be a very frequent. They're just trying to bring it down from the 7 years they talked about in the video.
Michaelc136 now you got me scared. What are the mechanics doing wrong?
This would be difficult especially with weight and balance. Each module would change that and with multiple people moving around at once would significantly change these numbers
No offence, but I'm fairly certain that the people building the actual planes know more about "structural vulnerabilities" than a in internet pilot.
taxi driver has an opinion on structural stability of future electric cars.
Why did you fire her twin? lol
Airbus v Boeing. - Lauren(s) Goode
This is the best idea I have seen this month.
More seats more beds more passengers, but what about the baggage space? Safety? Weight? Fuel consumption?
who miss those good old times when flying itself is amazing and looking out of the window too
It's just like the Motorola modular phone, it looks cool at first but it's not practical (especially for the airline company)
As if planes aren't expensive enough!
It's never been cheaper to fly.
Ryan Hietpas but they'd like to push those cost boundaries
it's been getting more expensive in the last decade. but yes in the last 50 years prices have gone down
I mean they said in the video it's meant to be economically viable at economy plus price.
I fly every two months during holidays to join my familly
And honnestly
It isnt that bad
It has been getting cheaper too
I may have missed it but what about emergency exits? Does everyone on the plane have to exit though only the front and rear exits?
the jail module should cut the time it takes to remove passengers to free up employee seating.
Who doesn't like flying? Its so great being 35,000 ft in the air, gazing at e rare and special view outside your window. Not only that but you get to be away from most world troubles for how ever long your flight is
samuel uribe some people are afraid of flying... I think it's very odd to be afraid of flying.
Extravagant amenities in commercial airliners have been been floated for a long time. Time and time again, the realities of the economics of flying results in airlines packing planes with as many seats as possible.
You are killing it with both Next Level and Versus Lauren! Keep the great content coming!!!
Displays will never be a substitute for windows. I get claustrophobic just watching this
Displays already are substitutes for windows in many places. Also not sure how claustrophobia and glass are linked.
I gotta agree real windows are much better
Lauren is such a pleasing host, she seems intelligent, and in this format her reviews are more concise and meaningful. There are tons of talking heads out there, this show puts her talents to great use, nice job Verge!
Loved the new series! Feels like The Verge was only a reviewing channel but now it puts it back to interesting content maker channel.
This is so cool and very well made series, I already want a Season 2 of this. Keep doing big series on The Verge guys just like before with Small Empires and other video features, we missed that.
Amazing new series! The Verge's production quality is just astounding.
This is literally my dream world. It's like tiny homes, meets vanlife, meets airtravel... space travel. Utilizing industry leading best practices to make cells for colonizing the planet more effectively.
With alternative forms of travel like Hyperloop, high-speed rail and the BFR, innovation like what is shown here is sorely needed.
Windows, windows, windows. The customers WANT windows!! (Except for on computers ;)
I can't wait for this to happen. This is the most amazing innovation ever.
1) Selling most seats at a premium economy price-range would allow the airline to sell fewer seats than it currently does and make the same amount of money. It could change the economics of flying - on a 300 seater plane - rather than selling say 30 business, 70 premium economy and 200 economy seats - an airline could sell 30 business and 200 premium economy seats and fly at a reduced density. This model would only likely be used by full-service carriers like Emirates, whilst low-cost carriers would stick with their high-density model.
2) Initally this technology won't be used for the "modular experience" but just as a more efficient way for airlines to update their interior. So a standard 3-class interior, but broken up into modules so it's easy to replace.
Alex Lips Not with the bullshit modules they have on display in this video. If you think you're going to have a fitness studio, restaurant and bars in a commercial plane then you are an idiot. To run this level of service at this low density, the whole plane would have to be first class pricing.
Alex Lips Also, this is a ridiculous way of refreshing the interior. Most airlines just replace aircraft after 10 years, and not much changes in aviation in 10 years. This design is wasting space, creating structural weaknesses and causing safety hazards. Also, no windows, who the hell wants that.
If the world worked like this, then passenger planes would all be fairly comfortable, with nice large seats and aisles. But no, they are designed for maximum cost efficiency, sorry but that's capitalism.
Agreed
i really like this new series! hope there’s more to come
Such a great idea. Hope it goes far.
Oml, I like interior design. Every vehicle I go in I always look for ways to improve it! I HAD THIS IDEA FOR AIRPLANES!
Great job Lauren, Loving the new show!
That can't help bring back the glory days of airship travel
Sounds dope, let's see if you can do it Airbus!
Please more interesting stuff like this, awesome video!
A great video from the verge, and I think personally it's a very interesting idea that's refreshing and innovative from Airbus. It's certainly better than some alternate plane designs I've seen recently, where they've tried to cram as many passengers on as possible. To those who say it's ridiculous, it's not as long as an airline can find the demand for this product and make it feasible. It's mostly an interior change and it certainly isn't the craziest developments we've seen in products that have eventually gone on to be successful.
Ben Palmer It's not an 'interior change', it is a completely new plane design. No airline will pay extra for this, just to have to pay for more maintenance and more modules, for lower density and higher costing services.
It's not, they use a cargo plane instead of a commercial plane and who would have thought people would pay for a lot of the stuff they do? Demand is found in very odd places.
the Concorde went broke because of it's high price of it's tickets. not to mention, maintaining a normal plane itself already cost a lot. if you watch wendover production (great channel btw), you can see that the economy of budget airlines is that they want a practical and fuel efficient plane (the 787 dreamliner is a great example), and how demand for budget airlines is really high.
this looks opposite of what a commercial airplane should be striving for(fuel efficiency and practicality).
call me a skeptic, but i really doubt this concept would take off, nor do i think it's an innovative move.
yHaNw We're on the same point, mate. I'm saying that there may be a portion of the population who would love to fly on one of these, and can afford it, but this number of people is too small to justify such extensive costs, like the Concorde
Great concept but I agree with many here on the window issue. I would think without windows that passengers would develop motion sickness similar to the way that they do onboard a ship. How are they accounting for motion sickness?
Very cool and interesting concept! And this new series looks incredible, can't wait for the future videos with the best host Lauren! :D
From working modular phones to modular airplanes, that's some huge change of work
good journalism right here! she got her hands dirty and everything
To quote the orangutan: "Sounds good, doesn't work"
Arch omg i can't breathe
2:20 "It's kind of crazy to think that we might have these really cool pods before we have really consistent working WiFi in airplanes" SHE WENT FOR IT
Alex Parkin and Garret Beard. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!
It's a great idea and I hope to see it implemented sometime soon.
Interesting show. Lauren as great as usual.
Isn't there already something like a "cruise ship" in the air already in production and way more viable than this? I think they're like zeppelins that definitely take longer to go from destination to destination, naturally because they're cruise ships in the sky
Reminds me of the RNZAF's 757-2K2s which can change between their cargo and passenger configurations.
I hope this thing will be up and flying in my life time.
Very well edited and recorded!
I give you some feedback: I enjoy flying and I fly because of the flying feeling. Same with cruise ship. I take big boat because I like the sea feeling in them. If you make airplane feeling more an office or crowded restaurant feeling you can count minus one passenger.
the ikea toys are legit. my daughter loves them.
That sick burn! We can get this before consistent WiFi 🔥🔥🔥🤣
cool! more things that I can't afford!
Samy Zain I just had the same thought!!
Wait Air bus have labs in the U.S?
bish stop harrasing my brand, it's Airbus.
Theost21 Aw okay,But why would a major European airplane manufacturer would have set up shops in the U.S?
Instead of like London for example?
The main reason is probably that they get funding by the government if they have business in that country. I know The U.S government have done that before.
By value, the majority of outside supplier components on an Airbus come from the US, not Europe. Most of their engines are US or US-joint venture (GE, Pratt & Whitney, CFM). A large amount of electronics are US (Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, GE). Therefore, Airbus by necessity has engineers and labs in the US. They even are building Airbus planes in Alabama.
Lee Harvey Oswald Boeing is creating a manufacturing plant in Sheffield, England
I'm so excited to be getting my aviation management degree.
Why do a modular space? It takes up so much more space with dual structure skins and tolerances to swap out the modules, plus the simulation already showed how cramp it would be like with people constantly off their seats, would be like having a department party in a meeting room.
How long would you have to be on the plane to fully enjoy all the modules that you won't too.
How would emergency exits work if the pods are separate compartments within the fuselage?
Great show! can't wait to see what's next on the list :)
(this is not an idea airbus/boeing so don't do this, but....)
I recon airlines could earn a lot more money from this idea if they are to fit a conventional seating layout in in. Swapping out arrival cabins to perhaps pre-loaded cabins could allow for quicker turnaround times, quicker boarding due to the fact you can board each module separately, with no slowdown from any other module. Aircraft manufacturers could turn this into something big for them - Would it be big for us though? It could mean cheaper flights, more pay for aircraft staff (because apparently they don't get paid for ground time) and perhaps even a bit more legroom. It would be interesting if something like this, even if it is a conventional seating layout, became a thing, as if this idea does it could resolute in cheaper holidays. Furthermore, there is the possibility of self loading your hold baggage into the hold, reducing the amount of lost or damaged bags - These can be collected from your module when you disembark.
The only thing that really needs to happen is quicker loading times for these modules. Now that I think about this, this seems like a really good idea.
How about the windows ? If you don't have windows, you can't see what is happening outside
Let's get more of those 900-seater all-economy Airbus A380plus deployed to all major airlines in the world.
2:20 Savage!
This series is great
"What if you could pay extra on your next flight?" sums it up pretty well
well that's so cool . Did you see how it's made same way FedEx makes their cargo area on the plaines
It can happen but ONLY with super expensive tickets. So many seats are replaced with a restaurant, beds, gym, day care etc. so why do they even think they'll have the same passenger density?
Great new series!
I bet a lot of people would want something like this every time they had to take an 18 hour flight!!
There is a small market for private shared charters. I can see why airbus wishes to research this. Cabins can be swapped out quickly for airplanes operated by different carriers as well as maintenance and cleaning efficiency. Apart from the current floor concept this is actually a good idea.
How they're gonna fix the weight distribution system properly if people are wandering around the different modules?
It'll be great if you were the only person on the plane.
we are living in some amazing time!
How does the bathrooms work with a setup like that? Just in the front and back I guess?
I'm just trying to think if there was an emergency how quickly could they get passengers out?
Why no windows? I can think of how you could put windows in the aircraft.
TYler SChecter i believe since it's modular system meaning they will slot the sections into the plane with different permutations, the windows might not always match up to the exterior of the plane so they just block it all out
Is there enough room to drag people around?
Sounds really good maybe there could be a space for a solo acoustic musician. I'm up for it😎
It may be easier to have a hinged nose and slot in a full cabin layout with boarded passengers like front loading cargo aircraft.
Jason's from motorola's modular phone team, cool. but it had been a long time since i heard anything about modular phones.
You should definitely make a video about hyperloop.
There aren’t any windows...
Gabe but displays, with outside cameras
so you can have one FedEx plane and then you can have them in list modifications you could do to the inside that's really really smart
What about if there’s turbulence where you gonna sit and strap down
This is a fantastic idea, but it seems that the planes would be incredibly crowded; the planes that are currently being used are already crowded, with lines forming to use the bathroom. Imagine half the plane standing in the pathway and trying to get to the bathroom. That's probably how it's going to be like trying to get to something as simple as the restaurant, only harder.
Actually, I've heard from a friend of mine contracting for Boeing that they are working on using vacuum to speed up the offboarding process. He said economy class could be emptied in seconds.
0:05 ikea pillow
We own that kids cloud pillow they showed in the daycare module. at 1:08 . Ikea ships the same items worldwide.
This is how the A380 stays in the game! 1 floor of these free range modules and 1 floor of regular airplane seating to keep the same passenger density as regular planes
in future i dont travel by plane, I travel by Hyperloop
You gonna do that over the ocean?
Jon Petersen we're working on it. stay tune Tesla.com
one day its gonna be possible
Hyperloop is only viable between high density cities over short-medium distances. If you think air travel is going anywhere, you're deluded.
Behemoth29 Hyperloop is faster, cheaper, and ELECTRIC. It's the future for non-transcontinental travel.
Isn't the best way to just push the modulars in from the back just like the standard cargo plains? And yeah you can make like hols in the modulars whkle the skelet of the plain would be just the tube with windows and doors.. it's simple actually and ut would take like what few min to put in the modular so 15 min and all of them are in right?
Even if all sections are module seats, would they rake them out to wash?
It's a good idea but there are no windows and you reduce the cabin width loosing at least one seat in each row .What's appen with the exit door ?