Natilus, a Californian startup developing a family of blended-wing-body (BWB) freighter aircraft, announced on October 23, 2024, that it has plans to enter the passenger aircraft market and compete with Boeing and Airbus. 

AeroTime spoke with Natilus founder and CEO, Aleksey Matyushev, who confirmed that the company is working on a 200-seater aircraft able to cover Transcontinental US routes as well as some Transatlantic ones, such as New York to London. 

The design of this aircraft, which will be called ‘Horizon’, is based on the same blended-wing-body concept as that which Natilus has devised for cargo applications, but with some key changes to adapt it to the needs of the passenger market.  

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