Air India and Indian Oil (IOCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding for supply of sustainable aviation fuel as the carrier works towards meeting a national 5% blending mandate by 2030. The airline has not provided details of the SAF amount that will be supplied, or a timeline, although it does note that the agreement will provide it with a "reliable supply" of SAF. The MoU will support Air India's strategy to meet IATA's ambition for net zero emissions by 2050 and its CORSIA obligations, it states. Air India adds that its fleet renewal plan, optimized flight planning systems, and green practices like single-engine taxiing and reduced single-use plastics are at the core of a strategy to reduce the company's environmental impact. It has also partnered with India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Indian Institute of Petroleum to advance SAF research. Chief executive Campbell Wilson says that the collaboration with IOCL "supports India's sustainable development initiatives and our goal to operate one of the lowest carbon-emitting fleets globally". IndianOil was the first Indian company to receive CORSIA certification for SAF production at its Panipat refinery. Its chairman, Arvinder Singh Sahney, describes the MoU as a "strategic step in India's transition to sustainable aviation". "Our SAF will help decarbonize air travel while aligning with global climate goals," he says.

Air Canada flights started operating again on 19 August after it reached a mediated agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) through a process overseen by a mutually agreed-to mediator, William Kaplan. The Canadian carrier says mediation discussions began "on the basis that the union commit to have the airline's 10,000 flight attendants immediately return to work, allowing the airline to resume the operations of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, which have been grounded since August 16". "The suspension of our service is extremely difficult for our customers," states Michael Rousseau, president and chief executive of Air Canada. "We deeply regret and apologise for the impact on them of this labour disruption. Our priority now is to get them moving as quickly as possible. Restarting a major carrier like Air Canada is a complex undertaking. Full restoration may require a week or more, so we ask for our customers' patience and understanding over the coming days. I assure them that everyone at Air Canada is doing everything possible to enable them to travel soon." The airline states that it has scheduled 155 flights for 19 August with a limited number of international services and will gradually increase services across Canada and to the USA over coming days. Schedules data indicates that the airline had previously scheduled to operate over 700 flights per day over the coming week. "We’re laser-focused on getting our customers moving again. Restoring global operations will take up to ten days, as aircraft and crew are out of position. Additionally, mandatory maintenance checks are required, as aircraft have been on the ground for more than three days," says the airline's executive vice-president and chief operations officer Mark Nasr. CUPE said in a 19 August press release that "flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge have reached a tentative agreement, achieving transformational change for our industry after a historic fight to affirm our Charter rights". It adds: "Unpaid work is over. We have reclaimed our voice and our power. When our rights were taken away, we stood strong, we fought back – and we secured a tentative agreement that our members can vote on."

IATA has released its latest 20-year passenger forecast which predicts a doubling of traveller numbers globally from 2024 to 2044. That’s under the baseline scenario published by the airline association, but it believes that the figures could be as low as around a 45% expansion if there is "lasting damage" from weaker macroeconomic conditions, or a 150% increase should the global economy expand more than expected boosting consumer confidence and demand. The association’s forecast takes into consideration geopolitical risks, economic changes and long-term transport trends.