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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.

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

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Archer's 'No Roads' Tour Takes Off By Completing Midnight's Piloted Roundtrip Flight From Salinas to Hollister · Archer

By archer.com: Archer today announced the completion of Midnight’s city-to-city roundtrip flight between Salinas and Hollister, CA - the first stop on the company’s ‘No Roads’ flight tour.

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Archer’s No Roads Tour Begins With Piloted Salinas-Hollister eVTOL Flight

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2026-09-08T05:29:33.651928-07:00

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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

MRO Discover Airlines Sustainability & Climate Initiatives Airbus A330 Lufthansa

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.

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Lufthansa expands AeroSHARK ‘shark skin’ technology to Airbus A330

Aviation24

Lufthansa Technik begins final certification phase for AeroSHARK on Airbus A330

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

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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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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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AINonline • Charles Alcock

Airlines Confront Ongoing Impact of Middle East Conflict

By AINonline: High fuel costs and extended route disruption could force longer-term changes.

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2026-09-09T03:37:24.948184-07:00

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

Archer's 'No Roads' Tour Takes Off By Completing Midnight's Piloted Roundtrip Flight From Salinas to Hollister · Archer

Archer’s No Roads Tour Begins With Piloted Salinas-Hollister eVTOL Flight

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

United Aircraft closing on Indian SJ-100 licensing terms

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

Lufthansa expands AeroSHARK ‘shark skin’ technology to Airbus A330

Lufthansa Technik begins final certification phase for AeroSHARK on Airbus A330

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

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

Airlines Confront Ongoing Impact of Middle East Conflict

Airlines Confront Ongoing Impact of Middle East Conflict

Archer's 'No Roads' Tour Takes Off By Completing Midnight's Piloted Roundtrip Flight From Salinas to Hollister · Archer

United Aircraft closing on Indian SJ-100 licensing terms

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

UK Flight Chaos Spills Into Second Day After Tech Outage

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

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