Boeing CE plots course for next plane in biggest test after Max

Boeing’s newly installed CE, Dave Calhoun, had a simple response when asked to describe the market the planemaker intends to target with its next all-new jetliner: “I don’t know.” That’s the point of a strategic review Calhoun commissioned soon after becoming CE, when he ordered a rethink of a project known as the NMA, or new midmarket airplane. A team is now canvassing customers and conducting a fresh evaluation of a segment overlapping the largest single-aisle jets and smallest wide-body planes, where Boeing’s 757 and 767 jets once thrived. “I want an airplane spec that I believe in,” Calhoun said Wednesday after the company reported Q4 earnings. Once a design is set, Calhoun indicated that Boeing is prepared to move quickly on a development program even as it seeks an exit from the 737 Max crisis. <br/>