US industry trade organisation Airlines for America’s (A4A) member carriers have pledged to produce 3 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for US aircraft operators in 2030. A4A says the SAF goal represents a 50% increase from the one set in March, when members pledged to make 2 billion gallons available in 2030 as part of a commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The carriers will work with government leaders and other stakeholders to reach the goal, the trade group notes. "We are proud of our record on climate change, but we know the climate change challenge has only continued to intensify. Accordingly, A4A member carriers have embraced the need to take even bolder, more significant steps to address the climate crisis," A4A's chief executive Nicholas Calio states.

Air Canada Rouge resumed services on 7 September, operating flights between Toronto and Las Vegas, Orlando and Regina. This follows a temporary suspension of services in spring. The low-cost leisure subsidiary of Air Canada says it will introduce more destinations in September, including Cancun and Tampa. All flights are operated with Airbus narrow bodies, the leisure carrier says. Air Canada Rouge's 39-strong fleet includes nine Airbus A321's with updated cabin interiors. The first of these will re-enter service later this autumn.

Boeing shareholders can proceed with legal action against the airframer's board of directors over the two fatal 737 Max accidents that led to the model's grounding in 2019, a US court has ruled. The Court of Chancery in Delaware had deliberated over a claim by shareholders that a majority of Boeing's directors should face liability for the company's losses as a result of the accidents and temporary grounding. Morgan Zurn, the court's vice-chancellor, acknowledges that "it may seem callous" in regard to the accidents' victims and their relatives, but says corporate law recognises Boeing as a business and its shareholders as "another set of victims".
She notes: "The crashes caused the company and its investors to lose billions of dollars in value." Zurn in her 7 September ruling supported the shareholders' claim that Boeing directors "failed them in overseeing mission-critical airplane safety to protect enterprise and stockholder value". The judge accuses the directors in particular of having failed to establish a reporting system for aircraft safety and turning "a blind eye to a red flag representing airplane safety" after the Lion Air Max 8 crash – the first accident – in 2018. "The Lion Air crash was a red flag about [the aircraft's maneuvering characteristics augmentation system] MCAS that the board should have heeded but instead ignored," she says. International regulators grounded Max aircraft after the second accident – in March 2019, involving an Ethiopian Airlines 737-8 – in which the MCAS was again implicated. Max aircraft have resumed service since late 2020 as regulators gradually recertificated the model following modifications. Zurn dismissed other claims by shareholders, including one regarding Boeing's retirement and compensation package for former chief executive Dennis Muilenburg, who stepped down from his position during the Max crisis. Boeing states: "We are disappointed in the court's decision to allow the plaintiffs' case to proceed past this preliminary stage of litigation. We will review the opinion closely over the coming days as we consider next steps."