The windowless plane set for take-off in a decade

Top story: developers working on removing windows in planes to save weight and fuel, replacing them with smartscreen panels broadcasting the view. Photograph: Tomasz Wyszo

The vision of a windowless plane that would still would allow passengers to see what’s going on outside, as well as checking their email and surfing the net, really captured readers’ imagination.

In a glimpse of what the next generation of commercial aircraft might look like, windows would be replaced by full-length screens allowing constant views of the world outside. Passengers would be able to switch the view on and off according to their preference, identify prominent sights by tapping the screen or even just surf the internet.