Last Thursday, Boeing introduced the look of their new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to the public. The company built a two-story, full-scale model of the plane’s interior at their Customer Experience Center in Renton, Washington. The cabin is shown here with the overhead dramatically reflecting off of a concierge table.
This is the Door 2 entryway with Boeing’s “sweeping staircase” to the second level. Boeing adds that this space will “facilitate improved passenger flow during boarding and deplaning.” I don’t know about that. I get a feeling that it’s going to take longer to board/deplane since a lot of first-time fliers will probably just stand around staring at the cool decor.
Right now, the plane looks like something out of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but we all know it’s going to end up looking like every other trash-filled, luggage-scuffed plane after a few hops between the States and Europe.