Boeing New Large Airplane

The Boeing NLA, or New Large Airplane, was a 1990s concept for an all-new quadjet airliner in the 500-plus seat market, somewhat larger than the 747 and similar in concept to the McDonnell Douglas MD-12 and the later Airbus A380. It was one of several projects Boeing proposed to compete with Airbus, whose A380 project began to be publicised in 1990, and Boeing began working up designs in the early 1990s with a projected service entry before 2000. Because ETOPS had not been introduced and twinjets were not considered suitable for transpacific flights, it had a four-jet layout with two engines on each wing, and a full-length two-deck cabin that would have carried 600 to 1,000 passengers. In 1993 Boeing chose not to pursue it, concluding the market favoured smaller, more direct flights, and cancelled the project.