Takeoffs of tomorrow

Experts imagine future airport experiences to be faster, easier and even fun. Deng Zhangyu reports.

Imagine flying in 2025. You take a taxi to the airport, carrying only a small suitcase or a handbag. Upon arrival, you walk directly to the boarding gate - no check-in, no security check and no emigration procedures. When you land on the other side of the Earth after more than 10 hours on the flight, you just stroll out of the airport, jump in a taxi and head to your hotel, where your luggage is waiting. Hard to believe? Actually, this is a blueprint for the flying experience of tomorrow, described in The Airport of The Future, a white paper by CAP Strategic Research Ltd. The report predicts airports in 2025 will speed up security checks, forbid checked-in luggage, simplify emigration and immigration procedures, operate 24 hours and have no shops - only showrooms.

So, the future of flying will be fun and easy instead of stressful and time-consuming.