WestJet has returned to service three aircraft that were damaged during a hailstorm in Calgary on 5 August. There are still 14 aircraft out of service and the Canadian carrier will continue issuing "proactive cancellations for the foreseeable future" as its Tech Ops team continues to work on returning the remaining damaged units to service. WestJet did not provide details of which aircraft had returned to service. It had previously assessed 16 aircraft had received "significant hail damage" as of 7 August, but it subsequently increased that to 17.

American Airlines and Fiji Airways are seeking US regulatory approval to expand their codeshare after both countries entered into an open skies agreement. The carriers are applying for blanket permission to place Fiji Airways' code on American-operated flights beyond the gateway cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas-Fort Worth, to points in the US and to Canada, the UK, Mexico and Brazil, a 26 August filing with the US Department of Transportation shows.
Fiji Airways is launching the Nadi-Dallas route thrice weekly using Airbus A350-900s from 10 December, and the filing anticipates adding new codeshare destinations from Dallas as a result. Schedules data shows that Fiji Airways already places its code on 380 flights per week operated by American from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Conversely, Fiji Airways is seeking permission to display American's code on flights from "points behind Fiji via Fiji and intermediate points to a point or points in the United States and beyond", as well as on the Dallas route. Currently, American codes on Fiji Airways' flights from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Nadi, while the Fijian carrier is joining American's AAdvantage loyalty programme. On 19 July Fiji and the USA finalised an open skies agreement and agreed to apply it while it remains pending its entry into force, the filing adds.

Canadian carrier Air Transat has expanded its virtual interlining service with the addition of Jet2 and Air Mauritius to its platform. The additions bring the total to 16 collaborating airlines, offering access to over 280 additional destinations worldwide, Transat says. The partnership now offers passengers access to Mauritius via a connection at Paris-Charles de Gaulle or London-Gatwick. In addition, Air Transat's partnership with Jet2.com allows it to serve several new destinations in the UK, including Leeds Bradford, Birmingham, Newcastle and East Midlands. Connections are available through the search engine on the carrier's website and through some flight aggregators using technology from Dohop. The booking also includes an assistance service in case of flight delay or cancellation.