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97% of America’s Red-Eye Flights Take Off in the West, and Overnight Flying Is at a Record High, 26 Years of Federal Data Show

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Champion Traveler analysis of every US domestic flight since 2000 finds red-eyes concentrated in the Pacific and Mountain time zones, growing, and more reliable than daytime flights

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — About one in sixty US domestic flights is a red-eye, and 97 percent of them take off in the western United States, according to a new Champion Traveler analysis of 26 years of Bureau of Transportation Statistics flight records.

The study counted every scheduled domestic flight reported to the federal government from 2000 through 2025 and classified as a red-eye any flight scheduled to depart between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. and land between 3 a.m. and 10 a.m. local time. In 2025, 115,580 of 6.9 million flights met that definition.

Key findings:

Red-eyes are a western phenomenon. 97 percent of 2025’s overnight flights departed from the Pacific and Mountain states plus Alaska and Hawaii, a share that has never fallen below 95 percent since 2000.The red-eye is at a record high. Overnight flights grew 54 percent, from 75,158 in 2000 to 115,580 in 2025, after a low in 2009 and a collapse in 2020.Anchorage is the red-eye capital by share: 26 percent of its departures are overnight flights. Los Angeles leads by count with 19,064. Las Vegas flew the most red-eyes in America in 2000, lost more than half by 2010, and has since recovered.The middle-of-the-night departure is disappearing. Flights leaving after midnight were 31 percent of red-eyes in 2000 and 14 percent in 2025.The legacy airlines lost the overnight market. American, Delta and United flew 97 percent of red-eyes in 2000 and 64 percent in 2025. Alaska Airlines is now the most red-eye-heavy carrier, and Southwest, which flew none for 25 years, took 5.6 percent of the market in its first year.Red-eyes are more reliable. In 2025, 82.4 percent arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, against 77.6 percent of other flights, and they were cancelled less often.

The geography has a simple cause. An overnight flight from the West Coast crosses three time zones and lands on the East Coast at breakfast; the same trip westbound would land in the middle of the night, so airlines schedule almost no overnight flights in that direction. Among the 300 busiest red-eye routes in the study, 82 percent land in the Central or Eastern time zones.

The full study, with a sortable table of every US airport’s red-eye departures in 2000, 2010, 2019 and 2025, airline shares back to 2000, departure hours, seasonality and reliability, is at https://championtraveler.com/news/red-eye-flights-share-of-us-flights/. Journalists can request data for any airport, airline or route.

About Champion Traveler: Champion Traveler publishes data-driven travel research, including the Best Time to Travel tool covering more than 35,000 destinations, the Air Quality Travel Index and the Flyover States study. Champion Traveler is operated by Terra Lake Data, an enterprise data company.

Media contact: Edwin Ivanauskas, (385) 462-2956, 422341@email4pr.com 

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Evergreen Digital Media Corp. Partners With Adwave Digital Inc. in a Strategic Capital and Licensing Partnership

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DENVER, Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Evergreen Digital Media Corp. (EDM), a premier operator of digital signage and retail media networks, and Adwave Digital Inc. (Adwave), a technology company that operates an AI-powered advertising platform, have finalized a strategic partnership in which EDM will provide capital to facilitate the continued development of Adwave’s AI platform. EDM will also receive a preferred licensing agreement to the platform as part of the agreement.

Adwave’s WaveRunner platform buys and runs ad campaigns across streaming TV, Google, Meta, Reddit, and the web from a single daily budget, optimizing placement using a business’s own site data, without requiring an agency or separate accounts for each channel.

This is EDM’s third strategic investment in the past year, but a different type of deal. The earlier investments brought new screen networks into EDM’s fold. In this partnership, EDM obtains rights to run Adwave’s AI ad-buying technology directly, without taking on another network to operate.

“Adwave brings a level of talent and technical knowledge in the advertising AI space that’s rare to find,” said Don Winfrey, CEO of Evergreen Digital Media Corp. “We’re excited to learn from this team as we bring that expertise into our networks.”

“EDM has built something real in the DOOH space, and we’re glad to be working alongside a team with that kind of reach,” said David Naffis, CEO of Adwave. “We’re looking forward to what this partnership produces.”

About Evergreen Digital Media Corp. Evergreen Digital Media Corp. (EDM) is the parent company of NTV360, N-Compass TV and OnPremise Networks. Collectively, these entities operate uniquely through a network of exclusive local dealers calling on local advertisers in the Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) sector, delivering digital signage, content and local marketing opportunities to communities throughout the United States and Canada. 

About Adwave Digital Inc. Adwave is an AI-powered advertising platform. Its WaveRunner product buys and runs cross-channel ad campaigns, spanning streaming TV, social, video, and display, from a single daily budget. More information is available at waverunner.adwave.com.

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Knowesis Achieves CMMC Level 2 Certification, Reinforcing Its Commitment to Defense Cybersecurity

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FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Knowesis announced today that it has successfully completed its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 assessment. The certification confirms that Knowesis’ CMMC assessment scope satisfies the Level 2 requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

CMMC Level 2 requires organizations to implement all 110 security requirements in NIST 800-171, Revision 2, across 14 security requirement families. Achieving this level demands more than a technical upgrade. Contractors must develop extensive documentation, including a System Security Plan that often grows three to five times longer than the plans required at lower certification tiers, and they must submit to a third-party assessment conducted by a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization, or C3PAO.

On July 13, 2026, the Department of War (DoW) suspended the rollout of CMMC Phase II, which would have made third-party C3PAO audits mandatory, and launched a 60-day review of the program. Phase I self-assessment requirements and annual affirmations remain in effect, and officials have encouraged contractors already pursuing Level 2 certification to continue their efforts as the department works toward a reformed, resumed timeline.

Knowesis ranked highly in its evaluation scoring and was readily approved for certification by the third party evaluation body. By completing its Level 2 assessment ahead of this reform period, Knowesis positions itself as a trusted partner for federal agencies and prime contractors that need proven, audit-ready cybersecurity practices now. The certification builds on Knowesis’ existing security posture, which includes its ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems registration, and ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Systems registration.

Knowesis views the achievement of CMMC Level 2 certification as a reflection of the discipline and commitment invested in building cybersecurity practices capable of withstanding independent, third-party assessment. As the DoW reviews the future implementation of the CMMC program, Knowesis has already demonstrated that its CMMC environment meets the Level 2 requirements for protecting CUI. The certification provides customers and partners with added assurance that Knowesis is prepared to protect sensitive information and securely support missions involving CUI.

Knowesis is a Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and a certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), providing a full range of professional consulting services to federal and state government agencies to include Scientific and Medical Research, Data and Computational Science, Information Management  and Technology, Operations and Management, Strategic Communications, and Policy and Program Evaluation. We currently support multiple entities within the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services.

Knowesis maintains offices in Fairfax, Virginia, with staff at locations across the United States. More information about the company can be found at https://www.knowesis-inc.com/ as well as on LinkedIn.

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Quantinuum to Participate in the Piper Sandler 5th Annual Growth Frontiers Conference

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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 11, 2026 /CNW/ — Quantinuum Inc. (Nasdaq: QNT) (the “Company”), a leading quantum computing company, today announced that members of its management team will participate in the Piper Sandler 5th Annual Growth Frontiers Conference, taking place September 14–16, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Quantinuum will participate in a fireside chat and host one-on-one meetings with investors during the conference.

About Quantinuum

Quantinuum is a leading quantum computing company offering a full-stack platform designed to make quantum computing deployable in real-world environments. The company has commercially deployed multiple generations of trapped-ion based quantum systems built on the well-established QCCD architecture, which it has implemented with novel designs and capabilities to achieve the industry’s highest accuracy levels based on average two-qubit gate fidelity. Quantinuum has active engagements with market leaders across pharmaceuticals, material science, financial services, and government and industrial markets, as well as academic and research institutions globally.

The company has a global workforce of approximately 800 employees, including top scientists and researchers. Over 70% of its technology team holds PhDs or Master’s degrees. Quantinuum’s headquarters is in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional facilities across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Qatar, and Singapore.

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Shub Mukherjee – Investor Contact – investors@quantinuum.com
Aaron Sorenson – Media Contact – press@quantinuum.com 

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