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Last Updated: Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 4:01 PM PST
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Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
Washington airports brace for flooding as atmospheric river threatens closures, diversions and infrastructure damage
By Flying Magazine: The Pacific Northwest is getting hammered by heavy rain, and Washington airports near rivers are bracing for flooding events.
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ch-aviation
• CH-Aviation Staff
Urumqi Air takes delivery of first C909 — milestone for Chinese aircraft program
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ATC
Europe
Airline Industry & Market Trends
Aviation Safety & Regulation
Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management
Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact
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Aviacionline
• Pablo Diaz
(ES) The 'Cartagena Maneuver': Plus Ultra and Laser's trick to bypass the air blockade in Venezuela
By Aviacionline: La “maniobra Cartagena”: el truco de Plus Ultra y Laser para burlar el bloqueo aéreo en Venezuela Sin vuelos directos y con Panamá desconectado, descubre cómo funcionan la alianza Plus Ultra–Laser y la logística fronteriza por Táchira.
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ch-aviation
North America
Airports
Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation
Airline Industry & Market Trends
Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management
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View from the Wing
• Garyleff; Gary Leff
American Airlines Buys Two Spirit Gates at Chicago O'Hare for $30 Million
By View from the Wing: American Airlines is paying $30 million to buy two Spirit Airlines gates at Chicago O'Hare—G8 and G10—in a previously undisclosed deal revealed through bankruptcy court filings.
Supply Chain
Europe
North America
M&A
Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)
Aviation Safety & Regulation
Defense Industry & Major Contractors
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Reuters
• Dan Catchpole
Boeing completes $4.7B acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, reshaping global wing and fuselage supply chain
By Reuters: Boeing said on Monday it has closed its $4.7 billion takeover of Spirit AeroSystems , re-acquiring the bulk of the world's largest independent wing and fuselage maker.
Flying Magazine
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Aviation Week
• Lee Ann Shay
Bombardier Global 8000 Enters Service — First 8,000‑nm Delivery to Canadian Operator
By Aviation Week: Bombardier delivered the first 8,000-nm range aircraft to a Canadian operator.
AINonline
Bombardier Delivers First Global 8000
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Gogo Invests in Farcast to Secure Development of Aviation User Terminals
By Via Satellite: Gogo has made a strategic equity investment in user terminal startup Farcast to fund the development of aviation user terminals for Gogo customers.
