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Aerospace brand Virgin Galactic has unveiled a concept for a high-speed passenger aircraft called Mach 3, which could travel at three times the speed of sound. More
PriestmanGoode's concept for aircraft cabin interiors after the coronavirus pandemic features dirt trap-free surfaces and "colour psychology" to alleviate passenger anxiety. More
German aerial-taxi company Lilium has unveiled its design guidelines for modular vertiports that could be placed on top of office blocks, car parks or shopping centres. More
Aviation consultancy Factorydesign has envisioned how social distancing could be achieved on planes after the peak of the coronavirus pandemic with its Isolation screen divider kit. More
Air New Zealand has filed a patent application for the Skynest sleeping pod, which would allow economy passengers to stretch out and during long-haul flights. More
Airbus has revealed a working model of its MAVERIC aircraft, which has a "blended wing body" design that could reduce fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent. More
MIT engineers have found a new way to create aerospace-grade carbon-fibre composites using only one per cent of the energy of current methods, and none of the ovens and autoclaves. More
Hydbrid Air Vehicles has revealed the production-ready design of its Airlander 10 — and said the aircraft once fondly known as "the Flying Bum" might go electric in the near future. More
Airbus has unveiled a bird-like concept for a hybrid-electric airliner that aims to show the potential of using biomimicry in aviation design. More
Dutch airline KLM has teamed up with TU Delft to create the Flying-V aircraft concept, which is designed to consume 20 per cent less fuel than Airbus' A350. More
Norway aims to replace fuel-guzzling jets with electric planes on all domestic flights by 2040 as part of its drive to fight climate change. Olaf Mosvold Larsen of state airport group Avinor told Dezeen how they plan to do it. More
German startup Lilium has unveiled a five-seater jet-powered electric air taxi prototype that it plans to have operational in a number of cities around the world in the next six years. More
Last month, Airbus announced it was ceasing production of the A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft. Transport designer Paul Priestman, who designed the superjumbo's first interior, spoke to Dezeen about its design legacy. More
Boeing has tested a prototype of its electric autonomous passenger drone — a vehicle that a year ago was just a concept design. More
Engineers at the Massachusetts University of Technology have built an ion-powered plane that flies without propellers or turbines, and requires no fossil fuel. More
British aerospace company Rolls-Royce is developing a personal electric flying vehicle that it says could be on the market by the early 2020s. More
Aston Martin aims to bring luxury private transport to the sky with its Volante Vision Concept aircraft – a flying autonomous, hybrid-electric vehicle that can take off vertically. More
Boeing has revealed a concept design for a hypersonic aircraft that could reach most locations in the world within one to three hours. More
Uber has unveiled its latest "flying car" concept, which looks more like a giant drone than the helicopter-like concept it first developed with NASA last year. More
