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CONTENTS
3-9 MARCH 2020
Inquiry details failings at South African Airways P
Pilatus
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THIS WEEK
8 Court blocks third Heathrow runway
9 ‘Politics’ killed off Anglo-French fighter
10 India visit delivers $3.5 billion in US military
rotorcraft sales
11 Why ANA defection should rattle Rolls
AIR TRANSPORT
12 SAA organisation is ‘dire’, says auditor.
Alitalia commissioner tables cuts to operations
13 ‘Virtual airline’ taps Helvetic for Bern service
15 Why Chinese ban could be Leap too far
17 Fokker 50 crew ignored multiple alerts.
Animation shows Bek Air Almaty crash
sequence
NEWS FOCUS
18 A changing environment in retirement
DEFENCE
20 USA targeting battlefield ethics for AI
21 Paris steps up interest in Chinook deal.
Malaysia advances maritime surveillance project
22 Bangkok details procurement targets
BUSINESS AVIATION
23 Volocopter rises with fresh investment.
FAA settles whistleblower ‘retaliation’ case
24 Arrival of new types delivers strongest results in
a decade
DATA VIEW
26 January spree lifts Airbus spirits
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Murdo Morrison visited
Paris for Dassault’s annual
results update (P9). And
Garrett Reim explores the
secretive world of low-cost
attritable aircraft for our
special report (P29)
NEXT WEEK 737 MAX
As the twinjet’s grounding
passes a full year, we check
on Boeing’s return-to-flight
plan. Plus, an Air Warfare
Symposium show report
Volume 197 Number 5725
PC-24 ramp-up helped
drive GAMA figures P
COVER STORY
29 Throw-away
air power
Some fear new Chinese
weaponry could
neutralise platforms
such as the F-35. But
the US Air Force may
already have a low-tech,
disposable solution
NEWS
REGULARS
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39 Letters
41 Classified
43 Jobs
45 Working Week
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TECHNOLOGYWar of
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will transform combat
US Air Force
New Delhi picks MH-60R for shipborne role P
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