The purpose of traveling is not always the destination. Sometimes it is necessary to get anywhere in the world in less than three hours, but sometimes it can be preferable to glide above the sea and look down on the glittering coral reefs from a cruising airship. Flying anywhere with a personal car-sized Air Pod is also possible.

My passion – the future of flying

“For me, the definition of the word future is best described as inspirational and challenging. The future creates positive energy and it gives us the freedom to enjoy the world of knowledge and imagination. Furthermore, the future is always a beginning of something new.”

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A business trip to space

Heikki Haapavaara tells an imaginary story of Liisa Li's trip into the space here but he will travel there himself in 2012.

Liisa Li registers herself in Departures at the Helsinki Space and Airport. She throws her bag on to the compressed air conveyor and moves on the levitation track towards the north traffic terminal. At her gate she slows, starts walking and trots inside Finnair’s small, only 150-seat shuttle...

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Downtown, to the airport or even to Melbourne

“In 2093 the experience will be totally different. There will be an integrated travellife experience. Traveling will be one part of your life, not simply a process for moving from A to B,” says Ingo Wuggetzer, Head of Cabin Innovation & Design in Airbus Engineering.

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Future aeroplanes are intelligent adapters

“We have to deal with our current environmental concerns in order to further develop aviation. But I’m convinced that the concerns
we have today will no longer be the same in 50 or 85 years from now. In the future, the use of land will become an increasingly
important issue. The use of air will solve the problems we have with the use of land,” says João Frota, Engineer, Future Aircraft Concepts, Airbus.

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Inspired by nature

“At the moment we are facing environmental challenges, but I’m sure we will overcome these challenges. Even so, there will always be a drive for building aircraft with greater efficiency and better performance at lower cost. And there is one very good reason for this: energy and materials will always be costly and the drive for innovation will therefore be important,” says Henrik Roesner, Senior Structural Engineer from Airbus.

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