Spirit Airlines will furlough around 1,800 flight attendants from 1 December as part of its second restructuring under Chapter 11. "We recognise the impact of this decision on affected team members, and we are committed to treating them with care and respect during this process," the US carrier says in a statement shared with Cirium. On 29 August, Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in 10 months.

Uzbekistan Airways has ordered 14 Boeing 787-9s with options for eight more, with deliveries commencing in 2031. The order was announced in the presence of Uzbekistan's president Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Boeing says, adding that it has signed a memorandum of cooperation to explore opportunities to further expand the country's aviation ecosystem. The carrier is an existing Boeing 787 operator, with seven -8s in its fleet that are powered by GE Aviation GEnx engines, Cirium fleets data shows. "The Boeing 787 Dreamliner family has proven to be the cornerstone of our long-haul operations," says Uzbekistan Airways chairman Shukhrat Khudaikulov. "With this new contract, we are further strengthening both our airline's and our nation's position as a leading aviation hub in Central Asia, while providing our passengers with greater global connectivity. This step reaffirms our ambitions and strategic commitment to sustainable growth." Uzbekistan Airways adds in a separate statement that the order "supports the airline’s strategic goal of positioning Tashkent as a leading international transit hub, fostering tourism, investment, and global partnerships". Fleets data shows that the carrier also operates six 767-300ERs plus one freighter variant and 22 Airbus A320 family jets, with 18 A321neos on order.

The families of four passengers who died in the Air India flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad have filed a US lawsuit against Boeing and Honeywell, alleging that a faulty fuel cut-off switch led to the fatal accident on 12 June. The Lanier Law Firm, which acting for the plaintiffs, says it has filed a "product defect and negligence" lawsuit against the two companies in the Delaware Superior Court, alleging that they knew the locking mechanism on the cut-off switches "could easily be turned off inadvertently or could be missing altogether". Benjamin Major of Lanier states: "This defect is comparable to an auto manufacturer putting an unprotected emergency brake control next to a radio volume knob in your car. And unlike a car, restarting jet engines takes minutes of time, not seconds. Once these engines shut down, that plane basically became a 250,000-pound lawn dart." Details of the accident released by India's Air Accident Investigation Branch's preliminary report, based on flight and cockpit voice recorder data, indicate that the cut-off switches, which control the flow of fuel to the engines, "transitioned" from 'Run' to 'Cutoff' position" briefly after take-off, before being pushed back. The engines could not be restarted and the aircraft crashed just past the airport perimeter. Honeywell has been contacted for comment. Flight AI171 was operated with a Boeing 787-8, registered VT-ANB. Cirium fleets data shows that the aircraft was delivered new to Air India in 2014 and had amassed nearly 42,000 flight hours and 7,784 cycles prior to the accident.