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Bloomberg • Kate Duffy

UK air traffic control glitch grounds more than 1,000 flights, extending Heathrow and Gatwick disruption into a second day

A technical issue at a key UK air traffic control node grounded more than 1,000 flights and forced hundreds of cancellations at Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports. Disruption continued into a second day, leaving tens of thousands of travelers facing abandoned or significantly delayed journeys.

Also: The Independent and The Independent

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2026-09-09T02:07:38.698026-07:00

MRO Africa Aviation Safety & Regulation Airbus A330 Airlines

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Uganda Airlines lifts lid on Rolls-Royce settlement, UK suit

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Uganda Airlines Airbus A330-800, © Airbus / H.

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2026-09-09T02:35:30.775076-07:00

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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

United Aircraft closing on Indian SJ-100 licensing terms

By FlightGlobal: Russian airframer promotes aircraft line-up at Innoprom show and expects to sign operator agreements at Aero India 2027.

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2026-09-09T02:51:11.812182-07:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

High-speed trains are shrinking China’s market for new airliners

By Air Data News: Airbus cuts 20-year single-aisle forecast by 470 aircraft as rail takes a larger share of China will need fewer new single-aisle aircraft than previously expected as its high-speed rail network continues to compete with domestic flights, according to a revised market forecast from Airbus .

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2026-09-09T01:35:10.680160-07:00

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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Film star: how Lufthansa Technik is bringing AeroShark coating to A330

By FlightGlobal: Discover Airlines, a Lufthansa subsidiary, has provided an Airbus widebody for the certification campaign, which should conclude later this year.

Air Data News

Lufthansa expands AeroSHARK ‘shark skin’ technology to Airbus A330

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2026-09-09T01:06:05.196214-07:00

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Reuters • Sam Tobin, Sarah Young

UK summons air traffic boss after major outage as flights slowly resume

By Reuters: Flights from British airports resumed on Wednesday after a major air traffic failure, but questions mounted about ‌the reliability of Britain's aviation systems and ministers called in the flight control boss to explain the shutdown.

Also: New York Times, The Independent and thesouthafrican.com

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2026-09-08T23:36:18.776800-07:00

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Reuters • Julie Zhu, Yantoultra Ngui

EXCLUSIVE: Singapore Airlines to seek tougher terms for any fresh Air India funding, sources say

By Reuters: Singapore Airlines , backed by state investor Temasek, is expected to seek greater influence over management and stronger governance rights before approving a capital injection into Air India, ‌said two people familiar with the matter.

Also: CNA, Economic Times and Airline Economics

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2026-09-08T22:28:48.360762-07:00

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FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Singapore to gain new air links with Kazakhstan, Egypt

By FlightGlobal: SCAT Airlines and Egyptair announce new flights to Singapore in the coming months. Two carriers have revealed plans to operate to Singapore, boosting the Southeast Asian nation’s international links.

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2026-09-09T01:20:50.974198-07:00