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• Clement Charpentreau
Rosaviatsiya restricted arrivals and departures at Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky after Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow. The disruption forced airlines to adjust schedules, with some international flights diverted to alternate airports and authorities seeking ways to transport affected passengers onward.
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Desert Jet has begun construction of a 1.4-hectare apron extension at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in California, part of a $24 million expansion of its fixed-base operator and maintenance facilities. The project adds capacity for business aviation services at the airport.
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Rosaviatsiya restricted arrivals and departures at Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky after Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow. The disruption forced airlines to adjust schedules, with some international flights diverted to alternate airports and authorities seeking ways to transport affected passengers onward.
Air Greenland has established a ground-handling subsidiary, according to the available report. The article summary identifies the carrier and its DHC-8-200 aircraft but provides no further details on the subsidiary’s scope, ownership structure or launch timeline.
Stellar Aviation will add a 35,000-square-foot hangar at its Reno fixed-base operation, expanding available aircraft space ahead of a broader building boom. The report provides no schedule, investment figure or details on the planned developments, but signals added capacity at the Reno facility.
The new hangar and office complex will be Stellar Aviation’s second facility of that size on the airport’s northeast quadrant. The company also plans a 100,000-sq-ft mixed-use general aviation development for early 2027; another supplied headline describes a separate expansion by W Aviation in Fort Lauderdale.
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United Airlines is establishing flight attendant bases at Dallas-Fort Worth and Sacramento, a move that stands out at DFW, American’s largest hub, where United has a limited presence. Separately, the carrier plans four routes for spring 2027: three from San Francisco and one international service from Chicago O’Hare.
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FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said additional pilot training and aircraft modifications could support consideration of a new single-pilot operating path for Citation aircraft. He also said the proposed SMART traffic management system could give on-demand operators better visibility into airspace availability, as he discussed safety, access and air traffic control modernization at NBAA-BACE.
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United’s new three-level concourse at George Bush Intercontinental Airport includes 22 mainline gates and opens to passengers after a preview. Its 54,000-square-foot club seats 800 and features an outdoor terrace; the project also brings local restaurants to Terminal B. The cluster’s Dallas-Fort Worth item concerns a separate American Airlines terminal expansion.
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