Airbus Unveils Joint Wing and Body Plane Design Set to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 20%

Europe based aircraft manufacturer Airbus SE (EPA: AIR) unveiled a design of an aircraft whose body and wings are blended on Tuesday, the company said the highly curved aircraft has the ability to reduce carbon emissions by 20%.

Airbus unveiled this design during an Airshow held in Singapore, further saying since last year it has been performing tests of a 3.2 meter wide (10.5 feet) technology demonstrator dubbed Maveric at a secret location in France.

The idea of blended wing-body planes has been around since the First World War, experts say these planes are complex to control but they produce minimal aerodynamic drag which makes them more efficient to fly.

Aircraft manufacturers are looking into ways in which they can produce aircrafts which are more environmental friendly since air pollution is becoming a global concern with each passing day.

“We believe it is high time now to push this technology further and study what it brings to us. We need these disruptive technologies to meet our environmental challenge. It is the next generation of aircraft we are studying an option,” said executive vice president of engineering at Airbus, Jean Brice Dumont.

Dumont acknowledged last generation of tests resulted to the aerospace industry having lighter aircrafts with improved flight controls and computing power. However he says it is high time when aircraft manufactures should start addressing environmental issues.

One of the issues arising from this plane design is whether the plane will be having windows or the passengers will be using screens to access their surroundings.