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Hohhot Shengle International Airport in China is scheduled to open in mid-fourth quarter 2026. The announcement sets a target date for the airport’s start of operations, though the available report provides no details on capacity, investment or planned airline service.
Ca Mau airport in Viet Nam has pushed its planned reopening from Nov. 29 to Dec. 18, 2026, after heavy rainfall and shortages of construction materials delayed upgrade work. Airports Corporation of Vietnam announced the revised date, extending the airport’s closure by nearly three weeks.
WestJet plans to build a 6,782-square-metre (73,000-square-foot) aircraft maintenance hangar at AirLink Business Park on the western side of Winnipeg International Airport. The project will make the Calgary-based airline the development’s first anchor tenant.
A new federal agreement could reduce some FAA safety reviews for counter-UAS deployments to 24 hours as agencies coordinate responses to unauthorized drone incursions. The push spans operational readiness—from FEMA urging state and local agencies to use security grants to tentative plans for protective netting at Tyndall Air Force Base.
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United and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority opened a $700 million, 14-gate concourse at Dulles, the airport’s first new concourse in nearly 20 years. The facility includes a United Club for more than 600 passengers and direct AeroTrain access; it is the first phase of a wider redevelopment that could add up to 36 gates.
Floppy disks remain in parts of the U.S. air traffic control system, more than two decades after they disappeared from most computers. The FAA expects to need another two years to eliminate their use, extending reliance on legacy technology while it modernizes systems across the national network.
Iraq has cancelled three leases at Mosul Airport over alleged links to armed groups and is seeking to transfer the services to international operators. The move changes the airport’s service arrangements, though the available report does not identify the leaseholders, services affected or timetable for the transfers.
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