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North America   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
FlightGlobal • Graham Rapier

United, American and Southwest reassess Q4 capacity as jet fuel prices remain elevated

United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are warning that sustained jet fuel prices near all-time highs could force schedule reductions. The prospect of capacity cuts puts planned service levels for the critical winter period under review and raises pressure on airline margins and network decisions.

2026-09-18T11:35:29.488531-07:00
ATC   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)  
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FlightGlobal • Kerry Reals

‘Software issue’ unrelated to previous outages caused recent ATC failure: NATS

By FlightGlobal: Air navigation services provider also rules out “military intervention” and cyber-attack in preliminary report.

Also: ukaviation.aero
2026-09-18T08:20:07.599440-07:00
BizAv   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Embraer  
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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Flexjet receives first Embraer Praetor 600E from massive 182-jet order

By Air Data News: Embraer has delivered the first Praetor 600E to Flexjet, starting deliveries of the updated super-midsize business jet to one of the world's largest fractional aircraft operators.

Also: AINonline, ch-aviation, FlightGlobal, Textron, businessjetinteriorsinternational.com and 5 more
2026-09-18T05:36:42.434476-07:00
eVTOL   AI  
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Joby Aviation • Joby Aviation

Joby Completes First-Ever Fully Autonomous Flight Across the United States

By Joby Aviation: SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — September 18, 2026 — Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) today announced that an aircraft equipped with its autonomy technology has completed the first-ever autonomous flight across the United States.

Also: eVTOL Insights, AirInsight, Aviation Week, Joby Aviation, TechCrunch and avweb.com
2026-09-18T05:06:20.965543-07:00
PaxEx   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   KLM  
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

KLM Flight Diverts After Passenger’s Power Bank Catches Fire at 30,000 Feet

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The pilots of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to the Caribbean island of Curaçao were forced to make an emergency diversion on Thursday afternoon after a passenger’s power bank caught fire and exploded – the passenger is reported to be none other than one of KLM’s ex-Chief Executives.

Also: aviationnews.eu and Simple Flying
2026-09-18T07:16:47.251435-07:00