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FlightGlobal • Graham Rapier

Airlines map new long-haul routes around the Airbus A321XLR

United Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada are among the North American carriers preparing significant A321XLR deployments next year, as airlines globally shape new long-haul routes around Airbus’ narrowbody. The emerging network plans will show where the aircraft’s range and capacity create viable alternatives to widebody service.

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2026-09-08T13:20:55.755841-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

FCC to draw line under constellation environmental review exemption

By SpaceNews.com: The FCC is poised to cement its longstanding practice of excluding constellations from environmental reviews, even amid an unprecedented wave of proposals covering more than a million orbital data centers.

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2026-09-08T13:55:50.108734-07:00

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Reuters • Mike Stone

US Navy's next-generation fighter decision to be unveiled soon, sources say

By Reuters: The Pentagon has decided which company will make the U.S. Navy's next-generation stealth fighter and could announce the winner in the coming weeks or sooner, two people briefed on ‌the matter said.

Also: Forbes

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2026-09-08T10:37:01.776127-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Isar Aerospace Achieves First Commercial Launch from Europe

By Via Satellite: German launch startup Isar Aerospace achieved the first successful commercial launch from Europe over the weekend, launching payloads on the second flight.

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2026-09-08T12:35:05.724956-07:00

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Reuters • Sam Tabahriti

Air traffic control issue disrupts flights at major UK airports

By Reuters: Flights at major British airports were disrupted on Tuesday by a technical fault at air traffic control provider NATS, the latest in a series of failures that renewed ‌questions about the resilience of Britain's aviation infrastructure.

AeroTime

Airlines fume as UK air traffic control failure disrupts nearly 1,000 flights

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

Major Air Traffic Control Outage Halts Arrivals at London’s Five Major Airports

Also: Associated Press, One Mile at a Time, Aviation A2Z, Simple Flying, Reuters, CNBC, Aviation24, Wings, Euronews, gbnews.com, The Independent, The Guardian and 8 more

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2026-09-08T08:06:16.305996-07:00

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AeroTime • Stephen Pope

Rare DC-8 freighter veers off runway, collapses nose gear in Kinshasa

By AeroTime: One of the world’s last operational Douglas DC-8 freighters veered off the runway and suffered a nose-gear collapse while landing in Kinshasa.

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2026-09-08T14:20:32.587370-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

AT&T Business Expands Work with Amazon Leo for Resilient Connectivity

By Via Satellite: AT&T Business has furthered its agreement with Amazon’s Amazon Leo constellation to offer “converged connectivity solutions” integrating satellite into fiber and 5G networks for business customers.

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2026-09-08T12:35:06.498732-07:00

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