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Cover: The Maltese Islands recently became the set of a film and photography session that saw the participation of two Air Malta Airbus A320s flying in formation over the islands’ landmark sites. Taken by wellknown local photographer, Kurt Arrigo, the cover picture shows one of the aircraft flying over the main island’s harbour area and is used to illustrate this month’s special feature on aviation in Malta.

May Edition 2013

FLAREPATH: Quest for a Pan African Airline
Optimism and orders abound at Heli-Expo 2013
Nigerian CAA boss fired
FlightSafety selects NAC
Airbus Military A400M gets its “civvie” ticket
African airports in ACI awards listing
Russian helicopter celebrates 40th anniversary
Cessna’s New Citation Sovereign rolls out
First Nigerian bizjet conference
28 Squadron SAAF celebrates two anniversaries
LZN Winter Air Tour ready for blast-off
Business aviation in emerging markets
Boeing provides details on 787 battery improvements
SA aviation industry may face carbon taxes
First flight of SAM LS
Airbus chalks up three major orders in a week
Chris Burger looks at the progress of UAs in SA
Final Rooivalk handover
Aero Services announces major expansion
Saab signs support contract
AfBAA meets Morocco Minister of Transport
Egyptian airline to get new Star-ISMS equipment

MALTA SPECIAL:
Malta promises a warm welcome
Hub’Air launches new aviation academy
MCM invests in Malta with an eye on Africa
Aircraft registration leads to economic activities
Taking charge of executive aviation in Malta
Safe pair of hands at Sky People Malta
Malta’s aviation sector set for take-off

NAC’s big plans for 2013 / Quovadis assists SAA
Dassault’s Falcons: 50 years of flying high
Blackhawk Caravan woos East Africa
Ethiopian Airlines gets new simulators
Vector Aerospace’s By-the-Hour support solution
LATE NEWS: CAR– A lesson that needs to be learnt
Ethiopian Airlines steps in to save Air Malawi
New MRO strengthens Denel’s African footprint
Legislative meddling threatens regulation in Nigeria
Brian Lecomber’s regular column
World air news round-up
SA universities involved in aircraft design
Power “up trim” can be a Tojan Horse
Hangar Talk: An ever-green engineering icon

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