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aviation Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Muan International Airport closure expected to continue through the second half of 2027

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2026-09-23T17:50:12.892301-07:00

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The Air Current • Carter Johnston

Unsustainable losses of MQ-9 Reaper fleet spur U.S. Air Force to search for cheaper alternatives

By The Air Current: The Pentagon is rapidly procuring small hybrid-electric drones to fill a critical surveillance capability in the Middle East.

Also: FlightGlobal

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2026-09-23T16:20:47.973525-07:00

space Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Commercial Space

NASA Spaceflight • Ryan Weber

Ship 41 and Booster 21 head into key pre-flight test

By NASA Spaceflight: With Booster 21 and Ship 41 stacked at the launch site as of early morning Sept. 23, SpaceX is poised to perform a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) no earlier than Sept.

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2026-09-23T14:28:18.621514-07:00

aviation Aircraft Finance & Leasing Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines

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Bloomberg • Danny Lee, Dipika Lalwani, Harry Suhartono, Megawati Wijaya

AirAsia’s Hunt for Cheaper Debt Won’t Be Easy With Oil Near $100

By Bloomberg: AirAsia’s Hunt for Cheaper Debt Won’t Be Easy With $100 Oil.

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2026-09-23T18:20:20.858806-07:00

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Reuters • David Shepardson

FAA says telecommunications circuit errors triggered backup switch before East Coast flight outage

By Reuters: The head of the US Federal Aviation Administration said a series of error messages in a telecommunications circuit prompted the agency on Sunday ‌to switch to a backup fiber line before an outage snarled thousands of flights along the East Coast.

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2026-09-23T15:50:54.369581-07:00

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