Boeing Hints at Next New Jet as It Weighs Tough Engine Decisions

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Boeing Co. has begun planning for its next all-new airplane, starting with the question of how soon it will shift away from the familiar tube-and-turbofan design that has defined air travel since the dawn of the jet age.

The Chicago-based planemaker is tackling the “prerequisites” for a new plane, according to Stan Deal, Boeing’s chief of commercial airplanes.