KLM’s New “Flying-V” Plane Puts Passenger Seats in the Wings

“Airlines are testing all sorts of ways to make planes less of a drag on the environment. Virgin Atlantic recently used recycled wasteto power a commercial flight, while Boeing and JetBlue have backed an effort to create hybrid electric planes.

The Netherland’s KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is taking a different approach.

It just partnered with a university to develop the “Flying-V,” a radical new airplane design that puts passenger seats inside the plane’s wings — and it could decrease the amount of fuel needed for flights by a substantial 20 percent…”

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