BOEING TO TAKE ON AIRBUS WITH (1000 SEAT) GIANT 797 BLENDED WING 3 ENGINE AIRLINER

Boeing was preparing a 1000 passenger jet that could reshape the Air travel industry for the next 100 years.The radical Blended Wing design has been developed by Boeing in cooperation with the NASA Langley Research Centre. The mammoth plane will have a wing span of 265 feet compared to the 747's 211 feet, and is designed to fit within the newly created terminals used for the 555 seat Airbus A380, which is 262 feet wide.