VietJet will resume four-weekly Ho Chi Minh City–Chiang Mai flights from 25 October 2026. From 10 November, it will introduce three-weekly services linking Cebu with Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, alongside a new Ho Chi Minh City–Clark route. Four-weekly flights between Da Nang and Osaka Kansai will follow from 20 December.

South African Airways has placed acting CEO Matshela Seshibe on special leave pending an internal review, less than two months after his appointment. Chief legal officer Koekie Mbeki has immediately assumed the acting group CEO role, continuing a period of leadership instability following former CEO John Lamola’s departure and several recent board resignations.

Flights departing Cuba have fallen sharply since mid-February 2026 as renewed US sanctions and fuel shortages prompted airlines to suspend services. Data shows the seven-day average dropped by roughly half—from 67–73 daily departures in early 2026 to just 32–41 between late February and 5 August, with little recovery since.