February 8, 2017
A Swiss International Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Zurich to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Iqaluit, Canada, after loosing power on its left engine during flight. A second airplane was sent to Iqaluit to pick up passengers and crew, while a spare engine to replace its GE90 motor had to be flown in.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/swiss-air-777-engine-repair-iqaluit-airport-1.3970708
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2017/02/03/swiss-boeing-777-diverts-remote-arctic-canada/97439112/
Qatar Airways has launched service on what is now the world's longest commercial flight, connecting Aukland, New Zealand to Doha aboard a Boeing 777-200LR.
http://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/worlds-longest-flight-qatar-airways-boeing-777-lands-in-new-zealand
Both Boeing and the International Association of Machinists are racheting up their campaigns in advance of a vote at Boeing's South Carolina plant, to determine whether workers at the plant will join the union.
http://www.postandcourier.com/business/grapevine-much-ado-about-dues-at-boeing-s-north-charleston/article_d45f9eb6-e693-11e6-bb0e-cb5e829cce5c.html
http://www.postandcourier.com/business/boeing-trimming-north-charleston-workforce-but-union-eligible-employees-on/article_0499cd76-ed70-11e6-a12a-07a144c74dee.html
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its third Airbus A350-900.
http://www.ethiosports.com/2017/02/03/ethiopian-airlines-received-its-third-airbus-a350-xwb/
A third Airbus A350-1000 has entered flight test. The new model is expected to accumulate some 1600 flight hours of testing over a 10-month period.
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2017-02-07/third-a350-1000-prototype-enters-flight-tests
http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/third-airbus-a350-1000-flies-older-prototypes-retired
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