March 8, 2016
Norwegian Air Lines has introduced service to the UK's Gatwick airport with its new 787-9 Dreamliner, inaugurating the only non-stop service between the UK and New York.
http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/norwegian-welcomes-first-boeing-787-9-dreamliner-to-gatwick/
http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/video-norwegian-s-first-gatwick-based-787-9-dreamliner-assembled-in-four-minutes-1-7250203
Boeing is assisting in the investigation of an Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 that suffered a nose gear collapse at Addis Ababa last week. The aircraft was on taxi for departure when the collapse occurred.
http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/boeing-investigates-ethiopian-787-nose-gear-collapse
http://avherald.com/h?article=494e6383
Malaysian officials have confirmed that the debris found on a beach in Mozambique most likely belongs to Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared in 2014 in what was widely believed to have been a case of pilot suicide.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/mar/03/mh370-high-probability-mozambique-debris-is-from-boeing-777-video
Airbus is evaluating whether to introduce a new version of its A350 family of airlines - an airplane featuring higher seating capacity but slightly shorter range, dubbed the A350-8000. The new model is being evaluated as a competitor with certain models of the Boeing 777X now under development.
http://fortune.com/2016/03/04/airbus-weighs-new-400-seat-jetliner/
An Airbus A380 flying for Emirates recently completed the longest commercial passenger flight ever recorded, when it flew from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/03/airbus-a380-completes-longest-ever-passenger-flight.html
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