Boeing to test new airplane on Svalbard
The aircraft producer Boeing plans to test an airplane of the type Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the Longyear airport on Svalbard.
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority has permitted the company to use the Arctic airport for landing and take-off tests. Boeing wants to use the Longyear airport as emergency landing field when the planes are put in commercial operation, NRK reports.
The tests will take place in September and will be conducted without passengers.
Boeing 787-8 is a long range, mid-sized, twin-engine jet airliner. It seats 210 to 330 passengers, depending on variant. Boeing states that it is the company’s most fuel-efficient airliner and the world’s first major airliner to use composite materials for most of its construction, according to Wikipedia.
