Finnair A1700-2400 Cruiser

A charter aircraft with turning engines located in front – designed for both gliding and vertical take-off. In an emergency, the aircraft can land on water.

All of the vessel’s 1,700 to 2,400 passenger places are in one- to four-person cabins, which have their own toilet and shower as well as internet and satellite links. Some cabins have windows. All cabins also have AV windows, offering zoomable views of the sky or downwards to earth. The AV windows also act as display terminals and receivers, on which passengers can watch television
transmissions or even follow shows held in the vessel’s restaurant.

The vessel also has, among other things, hologram theatres, restaurants, bars, shops, meeting rooms, a beauty parlour, a first-aid station, gymnasiums and a quiet room.

The seven engines under the vessel can be turned 26 degrees in a vertical or horizontal direction, which delivers flight stability at lower speeds. In vertical take-off the two-part lower and upper covers of the central engine bay open and withdraw inside the fuselage. When the vessel, after take-off, transfers to horizontal flight, the central engines are stopped and the engine bay covers are closed. The bay therefore acts as a “wing surface” in horizontal flight. For runway take-off the central engines are not required at all.

The electricity needed in the vessel is generated by solar panels on the vessel’s outer surface. All materials are 100 per cent recyclable.

The vessel’s safety solutions have been developed to the highest level. For example, the central take-off engine bay has three large smart parachutes, which when opened are 80 x 20 metres in size. The parachutes have an automatic alarm system, which reports any accident to emergency channels, transmits location data, sends live images from mini cameras to communications satellites, and sends an emergency report from the vessel’s central computer in real time to emergency centres and the airline.

The smart parachutes direct the landing to the safest place, if there is sufficient altitude. The parachutes are luminescent and cell structured; after launch, the cells fill with helium gas. When the vessel falls or makes an emergency landing on the ground or water, 200 large cell-structured air bags are launched from its underside at an altitude of around 40 metres. The bags are also luminescent.

• Passenger seats 1,700–2,400
• Length 118.30 m
• Width 98.70 m
• Height 32.60 m
• Maximum take-off weight 422,000 kg
• Cruising speed 160–750 km/h
• Maximum cruising level 14,800 m
• Runway length when taking off 2,100 m
• Runway length when landing 1,300 m
• Flying range 21,600 km

ENGINES

• Take-off power along runway 7 x 530 kN
• Take-off power vertically 12 x 850 kN
• Take-off speed along runway 210 km/h
• Landing speed along runway 165 km/h