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Aisle, Middle ... Or Video? Emirates President Predicts Windowless Planes Are Coming

Tim Clark says he thinks that windows on passenger jets will be replaced with video screens — which are already used in some Emirates first-class suites. Windowless planes would be lighter and faster.
This Emirates first-class suite doesn't have any windows — those are video screens showing camera footage of the outdoors. The president of Emirates says he predicts the technology will be used to build windowless planes — faster, lighter and filled with "virtual" views.

Passenger jets in the future will be lighter, more fuel-efficient and faster — partly because they won't have windows.

That's the prediction of Tim Clark, the president of Emirates airline. He says video screens that mimic windows through live camera feeds — as used

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