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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
FEATURES
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

AFRICA
DRONES
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
Ghana airports waive landing charges 41 Defying the drone threat 7

SA ventilator projects 42 Drones in the time of Covid-19 8 - 9
Fastjet to operate SA-Zim Covid-19 mission charter flight 44 South Korea plans launch of air taxi service by 2025 12

MANUFACTURER
AIRCRAFT

Embraer talks with potential partners 18

First type certification for fully electric plane 23 Latest MC-21 test aircraft flown to Ulyanovsk for painting 32

Bearhawk Aircraft introduces six-place aircraft 34
MILITARY
AIRLINES
Lora ballistic missile trial completed successfully 26

Charter weathers the storm 13 Nuclear bomb design 26

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