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FAA restricts pattern work and parallel departures at Colorado’s Centennial Airport

The FAA has curtailed aircraft pattern work and parallel departures at Centennial Airport, according to the AOPA. The association says the agency issued no NOTAM; pilots were instead notified by airport email, leaving the scope and duration of the restrictions unspecified in the available report.

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Badr Airlines revives Khartoum catering as operations normalize

Badr Airlines has resumed catering in Khartoum as its operations return toward normal. The available report provides no further detail on the timeline, scale of the restart or the operational conditions behind it.

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Heathrow presses for third runway as airlines and British Airways weigh expansion costs, while Birmingham plans £2bn growth

Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye says more than 40 airlines are seeking slots and warns investors cannot wait indefinitely for approval of a third runway, whose cost estimates range from £33 billion to £49 billion. British Airways wants government investment to contain costs; Birmingham Airport’s draft £2 billion plan targets 30 million passengers a year within 15 years.

Bloomberg

Australian authorities investigate Jetstar near miss with van at Townsville Airport

Australian authorities are investigating a near miss last week between an arriving Jetstar flight and a van at Townsville Airport in Queensland. The incident adds to a series of recent domestic safety events, though no further details about the aircraft, vehicle or investigation were provided.

Wall Street Journal

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Airports, aircraft and airspace increasingly face deliberate missile and drone attacks

Commercial aviation is being drawn into escalating conflicts, with airports, aircraft and airspace becoming deliberate targets of missile and drone attacks. The reported scale of these threats marks a sharp change in the exposure of civil air travel to conflict and raises operational and security concerns for airlines and airport operators.

Wall Street Journal

Air Travel Emerges as Dangerous Front Line in Global Conflicts

Wall Street Journal

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Houthi missile strike kills 12 and injures 309 at Riyadh airport, forcing temporary shutdown

Saudi Arabia said a ballistic missile attack on King Khalid International Airport killed 12 people and injured 309, prompting a temporary suspension of operations. The strike was the third reported attack on the airport that week and the deadliest incident in an escalating Houthi campaign against the kingdom, amid a wider regional conflict.

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Saudi conferences to proceed after missile attack at Riyadh airport kills four and damages airliner

Organizers of two major Saudi energy and investment conferences say the events will go ahead this month and have reassured visitors about security. Their decision follows missile attacks on Riyadh’s airport that left four people dead and heavily damaged an airliner.