In the face of the recent spate of airline announcements of reduced service, the Tucson Airport Authority agreed to move ahead on two other fronts: construction of four new hangars to handle private aircraft and to develop additional airfreight capabilities.

The authority’s board of directors unanimously agreed to approve 30-year land leases at Tucson International Airport’s Campbell-Valencia Aviation Complex, 1840 E. Valencia Road, for two T-hangars totalling 30,000 square feet to be built by Velocity Air Holdings and two 10,000 square-foot hangars to be built by Arizona Aviation Associates.