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Boeing Upping Long-Distance Ante

Boeing is taking Boeing is shopping a blueprint of world's longest-range passenger jet around to airlines. Sources say it will be a revamp of its 777 wide-body jet. The company is in a battle against Airbus for long-haul business. The 777 "mini jumbo", launched in the 1990s owned the market for twin-engines that could do four-engine distances. It is the company's most profitable plane. Airbus' A350 is the challenger. 

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