Airbus invested $15 billion developing its new A350 XWB line of jets, and they are lighter, more fuel-efficient, and more aerodynamically engineered than previous generations of commercial aircraft. But for a prospective passenger, none of that matters as much as this: They’re also designed to mitigate jet lag.


The planes debuted earlier this year and have now landed in the US as part of the Qatar Airways fleet. And while there’s no total fix for the fact that we simply travel across the world faster than we can adapt to local time, ending up wide awake and ready for breakfast at 3am, the A350 XWB boasts a few key innovations that target the disagreeable consequences of long flights, from new lighting systems to different construction materials.

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