Southwest would consider new variant of Boeing 737 jet: COO

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Boeing is considering whether to build a replacement of the smallest 737 MAX jet that could fly farther and fend off competition from Bombardier Inc's fledgling CSeries aircraft. Boeing is locked in a fierce battle for market share with Airbus Group SE, which has outsold it recently in narrowbody jets. However, both manufacturers are anxious to protect their jet market duopoly against newcomers like Canada's Bombardier, which looks poised to win