Aircraft
Boeing Reaches Out to 60 Airlines on NMA Design
Twin-aisle airliner scheduled to enter service in 2025

Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior v-p sales and marketing, revealed that Boeing is now talking with more than 60 airlines on the right configuration for its New Middle-of-the-market Aircraft (NMA). Speaking at a briefing for the French press in Paris today, he said, "We are working on several aspects, like the life-cycle cost of the airplane and the supply chain; not just range or capacity. We want to make a revolutionary airplane." Scheduled to enter service in 2025, the NMA is envisioned to carry 220-to-270 passengers and have a range of 5,000 nm.