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COLUMNS AIRLINES

Flarepath 4 Reconnecting continents with cargo flights 25

World Air News 47 British Airways to cut jobs 42
Hanger Talk 48 South Africa’s Comair enters business rescue 44
FEATURES CARGO

Single engine turboprops 6 - 11 Airbus cabin cargo conversion 22
Cessna Skycourier Turboprop takes flight 14 Connecting New Zealand 43

Talking turbo props 15
HELICOPTERS
To Russia with love – how a painting opened a military base 33 - 35

Egypt seeks upgrade to helicopters 22
AFRICA

Leonardo spins up delivery solution to travel bans 24
Fuel gauging helicopter system 24

African nations seek their own solutions in virus crisis 17
IATA appeals to support African travel and tourism sector 18
MANUFACTURER
Rwandair looks to cargo 21
Airbus sees more pain in commercial market 26
AIRCRAFT Three Boeing Dreamlifters 27

Gulfstream G600 receives EASA approval 25 WOMEN IN
Mitsubishi suspends development of M100 32 AVIATION

Rafael to equip Leonardo’s aircraft with 5th generation systems 37 First female aerospace engineer 28
The Tesla of the skies in the next 2 years 38 Dorothy Cochrane to receive the Katharine Wright trophy 39

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