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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.
Carl Icahn sold 8.13 million JetBlue shares in four trading days, cutting his stake below 5% and forcing his two board picks to resign immediately — closing out a two-and-a-half-year activist campaign that began with a 9.91% stake and a collapsed Spirit merger.