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At the same time in 2010 and 2011 when Boeing was wrestling with a decision between a new single-aisle airplane and re-engining the 737 (now Max), there was another airplane on its conceptual drawing board being shown to airlines at the same time.
Finishing 787, picking a direction on single-aisle and getting 777 updated were the first priorities, so Boeing was looking at its options for the early 2020s. The concept was called the NLT or New Light Twin.
The NLT was, as its name suggestes, a small twin-aisle airplane. Here are the rough specs from that evaluation. https://bit.ly/2SYZGDh
The NLT study didn’t go anywhere, but major parts of it did live on. The fuselage, a 2-3-2 cabin, became the basis for the New Mid-Market Airplane project that was shelved in January 2020.
Now, as Boeing takes its first early steps again toward a new airplane to fend of the A321XLR, its focus is again on this smaller sized-twin. The concept is newly relevant, especially as the future of larger twin-aisle remains squsihy at best. https://bit.ly/2SYZGDh
