The US Department of Transportation has fined American Airlines $4.1 million for violating its rule prohibiting tarmac delays of three hours or more on domestic flights without providing passengers an opportunity to leave the delayed aircraft. The department finds that between 2018 and 2021 the US major "kept dozens of flights stuck on the tarmac for long periods of time without letting passengers off". The DOT notes that American's fine is its largest ever issued for tarmac-delay violations. "This is the latest action in our continued drive to enforce the rights of airline passengers,” US Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg states. "Whether the issue is extreme tarmac delays or problems getting refunds, DOT will continue to protect consumers and hold airlines accountable." American says that "while these delays were the result of exceptional weather events, the flights represent a very small number of the 7.7 million flights during this time period". The Fort Worth-based carrier adds: "We have since apologised to the impacted customers and regret any inconvenience caused."

The UK Civil Aviation Authority's air navigation service provider NATS has fixed an issue with its flight-planning system that led to flight delays and cancellations on 28 August. At 15:15 in the UK, NATS disclosed that it had "identified and remedied the technical issue affecting our flight-planning system this morning". It adds: "We are now working closely with airlines and airports to manage the flights affected as efficiently as possible. Our engineers will be carefully monitoring the system's performance as we return to normal operations." The flight-planning issue disrupted the ability of NATS's system to automatically process flight plans, which then had to be processed manually, bogging down air traffic control. Irish carrier Ryanair said in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on 28 August that "due to another UK ATC failure, Ryanair will be forced to delay/cancel a number of flights to/from the UK today, Mon 28 Aug". EasyJet noted in a post on the same social media platform on 28 August that it has "been advised of an air traffic control systems failure affecting UK airspace, which is currently causing disruption to flying programmes for airlines operating to and from the UK". The UK low-cost carrier adds: "We are providing customers on cancelled flights with the option to transfer their flight free of charge or receive a refund and recommend that all passengers flying with us today, regardless of their destination, check the status of their flight."

China’s Xiamen Airlines has issued a request for proposals from lessors to finance four new Boeing 737 Max 8s due for this year through to the first quarter of 2024. Lessors should have completed financing deals – including sale-and-leasebacks – within the last five years for China Southern Airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines or Xiamen Airlines, or have a fleet size of at least 10 aircraft, states the company in a 28 August announcement. Interested participants may contact the company for RFP documents and submit them before 4 September. Xiamen Airlines has 162 aircraft in service and storage, including 10 737 Max 8s in service, according to fleets data. It also has 25 737 Max 8s on order, with three expected to be delivered this year, and the remaining in 2024.