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Air charter service has the edge 16
COLUMNS
Private airlines hard hit 22

Flarepath 4 Tentative steps to restore networks 24

World Air News 45 - 46 The Confident Travel Initiative 28

Hanger Talk 48 A long-standing collaboration 33 PRAETOR 600: CERTIFIED
FEATURES OUTPERFORMANCE.
AVIONICS

Loss of aircraft data takes toll on weather forecasting 30 - 31

Contactless is the new king 18

Unprecedented times in commercial aviation 36 - 37
Exclusive connectivity agreement 24

Announcing the certified Praetor 600, the world’s most disruptive
AFRICA and technologically advanced super-midsize aircraft that leads
DRONES the way in performance, comfort and technology.
The state of the airline industry in Africa 27
External carriers should be handed repatriation services 28 Can the commercial UAV industry thrive amid Covid-19? 6 Unveiled at NBAA in October 2018 and now certified by ANAC,

FAA and EASA, the Praetor 600 did not just meet initial
Ghana airports waive landing charges 41 Defying the drone threat 7 expectations, it exceeded them. Named for the Latin root that

SA ventilator projects 42 Drones in the time of Covid-19 8 - 9 means “lead the way,” the Praetor 600 is a jet of firsts. It is the

Fastjet to operate SA-Zim Covid-19 mission charter flight 44 South Korea plans launch of air taxi service by 2025 12 first super-midsize jet certified since 2014. The first to fly beyond
3,700 nm at M0.80. The first with over 4,000 nm range at LRC.
MANUFACTURER The first with full fly-by-wire. The first with turbulence reduction
AIRCRAFT capability. The first with a cabin altitude as low as 5,800 feet.
Embraer talks with potential partners 18

The first with high-capacity, ultra-high-speed connectivity

First type certification for fully electric plane 23 Latest MC-21 test aircraft flown to Ulyanovsk for painting 32 from Viasat’s Ka-band. And all of this, backed by a top-ranked

Bearhawk Aircraft introduces six-place aircraft 34 Customer Support network.
MILITARY
AIRLINES Learn more at executive.embraer.com/praetor600.

Lora ballistic missile trial completed successfully 26
Charter weathers the storm 13 Nuclear bomb design 26

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