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A 700 passenger airplane? IMO that would be amazing! An airplane that big would feel like an old Cadillac Coup de Ville rolling over the highway. The way technology is advancing that is not out of the question.
I would expect to see more and more people stuffed into existing aircraft before seeing anything like that. I seem to remember reading a story not long ago about how one airline in Europe actually wanted to install standing room only seats a-la amusement park ride. This would allow them to charge something like $10 for flights....and cram about 300 people into a 737-800. Yikes. Just a matter of getting the FAA and equivalent agencies around the world to sign off on it.
I'm sure someone whined and complained when the 747 debuted: "Do we really need 400+ people on a flight?". Probably the same OMG-Change-Is-Scary! complaint was made way back when the first aircraft to seat 100+ came along.
It's just a number. Relax.
I remember back in the late 60s or early 70s seeing proposals in Aviation week for 747s with full length upper decks that were claiming they could have 900+ seats on them. As I remember it at the time the big thing against it was time it would take to board or deplane that number of passengers.
There used to be lots of 'proposals' floated in Aviation Week for 747 variants. I remember one military 'cruise missile carrier' that had two rows of rotary launchers on tracks on the main deck with a side door that would allow the missiles to be ejected out the side
Newsflash: The A380 is already certified for up to 853 passengers (plus 20 crew), although it is normally used in a three class configuration of up to 555 seats.
The "Beluga" pictured in the original post has been flying for many years but is not a passenger aircraft but used by Airbus to transport large aircraft parts.
Newsflash: The A380 is already certified for up to 853 passengers (plus 20 crew), although it is normally used in a three class configuration of up to 555 seats.
The "Beluga" pictured in the original post has been flying for many years but is not a passenger aircraft but used by Airbus to transport large aircraft parts.
Just what I was about to say.
Also, don't forget, frequency often trumps capacity of a single flight.
That's why there can be 2-3 dozen NYC-LON flights per day, even if quite a few are on smaller 757-767's instead of 77W's and 744's.
The aircraft manufacturer still has to be able to show that they can offload all those passengers within a certain amount of time in an emergency, so merely stuffing more seats in is a moot point if they can't meet their emergency exit times.
In re long lines at customs in the US: Global Entry is your friend!
why this pictures are looking fake and i cannot see this kind of air planes in world..
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The way technology is advancing that is not out of the question. 
