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REGULARS COMMERCIAL

Flarepath 4 Success on the A350 preighter 24
Hangar Talk 48 Qatar moving forward 34
Comair removed from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange 42
AFRICA Etihad Airways operates historic first flight to Israel 44

Could a re-engineered 737 Max compete with A321XLR 46
Airbus signs with Egypt 15
DHL continues Africa expansion 16 DRONES

Africa ready for right-sized fleets 18 - 19
UPS explores eVTOLs 14
South Sudan signs contract with NavPass 26
Drones to replace helicopters 43
AIRLINES
HELICOPTERS

Kenya banks on charter flights to boost tourism arrivals 14

Expanding destinations 16 Cool your jets on electric helicopters 36

Kenya UK flights ban 20 First five-blade Airbus ACH 145 helicopter delivered 47

Air Zim’s Embraer takes to the skies 29
MILITARY

Proflight marks 30 years in Zambian skies 31

Japan Airlines gives B777s early retirement 40 Aerial refueling with KC-390 Millenium 15
Introducing the Eagle II 36
AIRPORTS
MRO

Astral’s first Middle East hub 26
DuPage Airport becomes vaccine site 45 Challenger 604 refurb project 40

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Russia Aviation - in depth 5 - 6
Suhkoi Private Jet with VIP edition 7

Official journal of:- Aeroflot nears end of 777 deliveries 8

United Aircraft restarts flight-testing 8
The Irkut MC-21-300: everything you need to know 9

Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa,

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