Content Archive: September 2016

GAMA Promotes Bowles, Sambiase; Adds To Brussels Office

Bowles served as industry co-chair of Part 23 rewrite committee.
Engines

Additive Manufacturing To Eliminate 845 Parts on GE's ATP Turboprop

Using additive “represents an elimination of thousands of machining features and inspections, and hundreds of quality plants and procure contracts."

WingX: Russia, Turkey Drag Down European Bizav Flying

Overall, there were 74,689 business aviation departures in Europe last month, with the UK and France being the “main growth impetus."
Accidents

Botched Go-around Appears To Have Led to Emirates 777 Crash

Pilots applied engine thrust just three seconds before impact
Airlines

Chinese Airlines Partner With Local Government To Expand

Xiamen Airlines and Hunan government to form new regional carrier
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Aircraft

India Signs Defense Logistics Pact with U.S.

But sovereignty concerns still prevent India from concluding two more agreements on deeper cooperation.
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Aircraft

Antonov Sells Dormant An-225 Heavylifter Program to China

A second lease of life for the world’s largest aircraft has been agreed between Ukraine and China.
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Aircraft

Engine Supply Delays To Slow C Series Deliveries

Bombardier cuts 2016 production projection from 15 to seven
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Maintenance and Modifications

Safety Alert Addresses Bell 206/407 Transmission

There have been two accidents involving Bell 206s where a malfunction of the main transmission freewheel system led to a failure of the main rotor mast.

BestFly's Pereira Steps In as Vice Chair of AfBAA

Pereira joins the association leadership as it experiences a 20 percent growth in membership.