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REGULARS AIRLINES FLAREPATH

Flarepath 3 Atlas Air Worldwide purchase four 747-8 20
Hangar Talk 50 New Nigerian airline to begin operations 23

FEATURES Qatar through Saudi airspace 46

Embraer and Africa 4 - 5 DRONES
Exclusive: What really happened in Syferfontein 10 - 12 Bell’s autonomous pod transport 7
Interview: Welcome Indy 13 - 14 FAA Remote ID Rule recommendations a good move 25

Build back better 36 - 41

Cadillac concept VTOL passenger drone 30
AFRICA Russia developing helicopter drone to destroy other drones 34
GENERAL
Uganda Airlines tightens up 15 AVIATION

Nigeria removes VAT from airfares 17 China adds GA airports 33
Mahmood takes over as Aero Contractor’s CEO 19 MAviO Conference planned 34
Air Madagascar - new General Manager 21 Airbus orders fall 44
Lagos – Johannesburg route opens 22
MILITARY DON’T ASK WHEN – ASK HOW
AIRCRAFT
First upgraded Mirage 2000D Fighter delivered 32 By Heidi Gibson
Special-mission Gulfstreams for Italy 24 Billion dollar F-35 contract 32
Aerolease deal on hold 28 Israel, India missile test 33 Photo by Moritz Mentges on Unsplash
Support for hydrogen plane 30 WOMEN

FAA rule clears path for supersonic flight tests 42 IN AVIATION survey revealed in general that many are Here is a little snap shot of what they

A nimble self flying electric aircraft 49 Ghana’s first aircraft marshaller 18 optimistic business travel will rebound in did. They started out by offered clients a

on’t ask when – ask how and the later part of the year. fogger system to disinfect the aircraft or
Dwhat to move into the future. The survey showed that while there to service upon arrival and again before
It’s no good asking: “When will travel would be a decline in spending on internal delivery to provide peace of mind to cus-

return to preCovid-19 levels?” Many are meetings, conferences and trade shows tomers. And they worked on getting their

PLEASE NOTE: Opinions expressed in signed articles or in adver- NOW AVAILABLE YOUR E-MAG CONTENT holding onto the promise of a vaccine there would be a slight increase on sales STC to install the system on the Bombar-
dier Global express, the Challenger and
meeting and service trips with current

tisements appearing in World Airnews, are those of the author or and dreaming that we will see a steep rise

advertiser and do not necessarily reflect those of this journal nor in pent up leisure travel in the coming and prospective customers. This includes Dassault Falcon 2000.

of its publisher. The mention of specific companies or products in months. But it’s not that simple. service trips to repair, train or install equip- Interesting to note requests to have this

articles or advertisements, does not imply that they are endorsed ment with current customers. system installed generated as much inter-

or recommended by this journal or its publisher in preference to DIGITAL PAGES If I hold a spotlight to the world of long

others of a similar nature which are not mentioned or advertised. haul business aviation that used to account Respondents estimated 30% on business est as the wi-fi systems.

WORLD COPYRIGHT RESERVED. for a large part of airline revenue. I can tell travel for sales or prospective clients, 20% Then on the avionics installation side

FEDEX TO RETIRE MD-10s BY 2023 1 you that things have changed forever and for service trips while 15% would go on their installation of the Gogo Advance L3

what we saw in 2019 – we won’t see for a internal meetings for staff members. Spend and L5 inflight connectivity systems grew
IATA APPOINTMENT FOR AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST 2 long time coming. for conferences, trade shows and events and clients took advantage of the down-

Official journal of:- So yes Covid-19 put an end to long haul has gone down to 13%. time to get wi-fi installed during mainte-

travel – leisure or business. But for the Well I guess that is not difficult to imag- nance checks.

DIGITAL PAGES business traveller and corporate compa- ine. But let’s change perspective and take a There were a lot of other areas that the
nies it’s more than a change in the way we business jet service provider and see how company grew but another that stuck

BLUE ORIGIN SPACE PROGRAMME 5 do things aided by the advent of platforms they responded to the change. It’s great to out for me was the travelling AOG service
teams that took the business to clients -

hear that Duncan Aviation in the US – one
Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa, MAGNIX MOVES 8 like Zoom. Industry stakeholders in this of the largest privately owned business jet one of the few MRO providers that was

market will have to change the way that

The Airlines Association of SA, The Association of SA they have operated and look for new ways service providers in the world – actually willing to travel during the pandemic. If the

Aircraft Traders, Association of Training Organisa- of doing business, new product lines that grew. And they saw this in their avionics business can’t come to you then take the
tions of SA, Aerodromes & Airports Association of SA, installations, and Aircraft On the Ground business to your clients.

Association of Aviation Maintenance Organisations, DIGITAL PAGES take the environment into account and services as well as workforce recruitment This is innovation and creativity and

new ways of operation.

SA Society of Aerospace & Environmental Medicine, was concerned. collaboration.

Helicopter Association of Southern Africa, Aircraft ASTRAL OPENS CARGO HUBS 15 So let’s look deeper. What types of

Owners & Pilots’ Association of SA, Air side Opera- business travel will be affected? The two Then as far as workforce recruitment

tors’ Association of SA, SA Aerial Applicators Associ- RUNWAY TO RECOVERY 17-18 segments are firstly marketing and custom- went, the company is offering students

ation, East African Commercial Aviation Association, er orientated, consultations, site visits and or interns a chance to work alongside an

African Airline Association (AFRAA) Media Partner. of course networking. The other is intra experienced technician. At a time when
company , corporate training, workshops everyone is cancelling these programmes

Advertising or Subscriptions and meetings. Duncan is offering them.

The world of aviation has changed forev-

+27 (0)31 564 1319 The Global Business Travel Association er. Don’t ask yourself when will things re-
info@airnews.co.za (GBTA) conducted a survey of 760 corpo- turn to normal rather ask how have things
rate travel managers and travel suppliers
www.airnews.co.za in mid-December and released the results changed and what can we do to build back
of its latest COVID-19 Member Poll. The bett er. Q
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