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Goodbye ‘Queen of the Skies’ is our front cover excessive fuel and will not be able to turn a profit. ‘Long haul travel
and check list photograph titles. British Airways have will take years to recover, with the major industry bodies agreeing
announced they will retire all Boeing 747-400 aircraft effective we will not see a return to 2019 levels until 2023 at the soonest’.
immediately. The flag-carrier has attributed the retirement to the The daily B747 400 trips into Cape Town will be badly missed here
unsustainable future of the type due to the Covid-19 pandemic. and across African skies. Thanks Mike Wright for sending us this
In a letter to staff, British Airways warned of a “bleak outlook” for beauty. A dedicated look at how African airlines are doing, includ-
the aviation industry; resulting in a need to retire aircraft that use ing our directory, is the focus for this month’s edition.
NEWS
A fuelling milestone 33
A harmonised safe restart of air services 5 Milestone E-jet delivered 35
Adopt a piece of RAF history 13 AAD 2020 postponed 40
An outstanding aircraft designer 14 Two King Air 350C for Greece 41
Boeing to support International Space Station 30 Flight safety record improves 44
Asia Pacific countries take a hit 32 South Korea uses drones to thank front-line workers 45
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