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.

Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in 10 months. The US carrier disclosed on 29 August that it has filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Spirit in November 2024 had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the same court, emerging from that restructuring process on 12 March. In the second quarter, the airline made an operating loss of $184 million, deepening a $153 million loss in 2024's second quarter. Spirit said on 29 August that it "is executing a comprehensive restructuring of the airline to position the business for long-term success". The Dania Beach, Florida-based carrier's chief executive Dave Davis notes that Spirit's previous restructuring "was targeted exclusively on reducing Spirit's funded debt and raising equity capital". In this subsequent restructuring, Spirit will be "proceeding with a comprehensive approach in which we will be far more strategic about our fleet, markets and opportunities". In an 11 August 2025 filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Spirit had warned that within the next 12 months it may be unable to operate "as a going concern", citing uncertainty about its ability to comply with minimum liquidity covenants. It noted at the time that a surplus of domestic capacity and "continued weak demand for domestic leisure travel" in the second quarter have led to a "challenging pricing environment" and "uncertainties in its business operations". Later in August, sources indicated that Spirit had appointed PJT Partners to assist in a new restructuring. One source advised that Spirit's lessors have "been holding their breath for a while" as rumors of a second restructuring circulated. Of Spirit's fleet of 214 aircraft – 62 Airbus A320ceos, 91 A320neos, 29 A321ceos and 32 A321neos – 166 are under operating lease and 48 are owned by the carrier, Fleets data shows. AerCap manages the most aircraft in Spirit's fleet, with 37 Airbus jets leased to the carrier. SMBC Aviation Capital ranks second after AerCap in number of Spirit-leased jets managed, with 26.