UAE-based airlines are now eligible for a discount on export-credit financing associated with adherence to the Cape Town Convention. Carriers domiciled in the Middle Eastern country can now unlock "significant financial benefits" following a "landmark legislative change in the UAE federal civil aviation law", Emirates deputy general counsel Mona Al Sayegh states in a LinkedIn post. "This win for aviation finance in the UAE is the culmination of 16 years of advocacy, collaboration and persistence. I've had the privilege of working alongside fellow UAE airlines, local and federal entities and international stakeholders to push for this change," she adds. The Aviation Working Group website states that airlines of states that adopt the Cape Town Convention and protocol can receive a 10% discount on export-credit premiums under the OECD Aircraft Sector Understanding. The UAE is listed on the AWG website as having achieved a "very high" Cape Town Convention compliance rating of 88, and the nation "is and should remain eligible for the OECD discount", in the AWG's view.

China and India appear to be inching closer to allowing nonstop flights between the neighbouring countries to resume after a four-year hiatus. China's president Xi Jinping and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting in Tianjin on 31 August, with a statement from Modi's office saying: "The two leaders noted the need to strengthen people-to-people ties through direct flights and visa facilitation, building on the resumption of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra and tourist visa." No timeline has been given on when flights will be permitted between the two countries, but it appears likely that it will be in the coming months. Flights have not operated between China and India since 2020 when they were suspended at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. In January, India's foreign secretary Nikram Misri said that the countries had "agreed in principle" to resume flights during a visit to Beijing, but there has been no noticeable movement since. Prior to the suspension, there were 64 weekly flights between the world's two most populous countries, Cirium Diio schedules data from November 2019 shows.

Airbus UK workers have suspended strike action that had been due to begin on 2 September after receiving "an improved pay and pension offer" from the European airframer. The Unite union, which represents more than 3,000 workers at Airbus's Broughton and Filton sites in the UK, says it will ballot members on the new offer between 12 and 19 September. "Following further negotiations with Airbus, Unite has secured an improved offer from the company," says the union's national officer for aerospace Rhys McCarthy. "As a gesture of goodwill, all industrial action that was due to take place in September has been postponed." If the offer is rejected by members, however, industrial action will resume on 23 and 24 September, says the union. Workers at the two sites, which produce wings for A320-family jets, A330s, A350s and A400Ms, had planned to strike for 10 days from 2 September.