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Paraguay President Santiago Pena met LATAM Airlines CEO Roberto Alvo. They marked 30 years of LATAM Paraguay and announced a new direct Asuncion-Montevideo route plus more flights to Lima and Sao Paulo. This boosts tourism and investment.
Southwest Airlines, the carrier built on open seating and no assigned classes, is opening its first airport lounges in Austin, Baltimore, Honolulu and Nashville — tied to a new Chase-issued credit card modeled on Chase Sapphire lounges.
Ryanair is cutting its winter traffic target by 2 million passengers to dodge unhedged jet fuel at $140 a barrel — and warning that less-hedged rivals may not survive the season.
Ten months after a JetBlue A320 pitched itself downward at 36,000 feet, EASA has issued a follow-up directive, AD 2026-0134, refining how roughly 6,000 aircraft must be protected against the same failure.
Charlotte Douglas will spend more than $1 billion adding 12 to 16 gates over the next seven years — a second wave of construction announced before its $4 billion Destination CLT overhaul and new fourth runway are even finished.
Ahmedabad joined Varanasi and Amritsar as the third city under India's Hub-and-Spoke aviation strategy on September 1, letting international travelers clear immigration once, before boarding, instead of again in Delhi.
Starting September 8, Air France-KLM's Flying Blue program is unbundling every reward flight into Light, Standard and Flex fares — and keeping the old benefits now costs up to 25% more miles.
The FAA has ordered inspections of Airbus AS350 and EC130 helicopters after reports that a coupling flange can be fitted upside down — a defect the agency says could cut power to the main rotor entirely.
Air China, China Eastern and China Southern swung to a combined 8.2 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) first-half loss as jet fuel costs surged 35-38%, erasing a profitable start to 2026.
CFM has produced more than 1,200 high-pressure turbine durability kits and upgraded 40% of Leap-1A-powered A320neos, with the Leap-1B version for Boeing's 737 MAX now FAA- and EASA-certified — doubling time on wing in the Gulf and India, where sand and heat wear engines fastest.
Akasa Air begins four-weekly nonstop flights between Mumbai and Hanoi on September 4, becoming the first Indian carrier on the route — a pivot to Southeast Asia after the Iran war froze its Gulf expansion plans.
Punta Gorda Airport just opened six new gates in a $44 million Bailey Terminal expansion, after passenger traffic jumped 18.5% in a single year to a record 2.28 million — nearly all of it flying Allegiant.