Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
American and United have quietly removed free T-Mobile inflight Wi‑Fi for passengers on T‑Mobile plans, with the timing drawing scrutiny amid onboard connectivity competition. The move continues T‑Mobile’s phase-out on these carriers as fleets are equipped with Starlink-based Wi‑Fi.
AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
By AirInsight: DHS threatens to pull customs officers from 11 major US airports in sanctuary cities. No CBP means no international arrivals — and the FIFA World Cup starts in six weeks.
AeroTime
• Jean Carmela Lim
By AeroTime: Korean Air opens flagship First and Prestige lounges at Incheon after $76 million renovation, doubling lounge space ahead of Asiana Airlines integration.
One Mile at a Time
executivetraveller.com
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Swiss investigators believe a vertical navigation software anomaly caused a Dornier 328 to enter a steep descent on approach to Zurich. Its ground-proximity warning system generated alerts and the aircraft descended to 300ft above ground before the crew executed a go-around.
By aerospaceglobalnews.com: Vertical Aerospace has completed its piloted two way transition flight, marking a milestone towards certification of its eVTOL.
Reuters
• Allison Lampert, Dan Catchpole
By Reuters: Boeing is hiring around 100 to 140 factory workers a week, the highest pace since 2024, as the U.S. jetmaker replaces retirees and increases staffing to support higher production rates and new models, a union leader said.
Reuters
• Joanna Plucinska, Kate Abnett
By Reuters: Europe is more dependent on jet fuel imports, with some 75% from the Middle East, than for any other transport fuel.
New York Times
Skift
• Peden Doma Bhutia
By Skift: Akasa Air will be entering Vietnam with direct Mumbai-Hanoi flights from September 4. This is the airline's 7th international destination.
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille, Siddharth Philip, Soma Biswas, Sri Taylor
Reuters
• David Shepardson, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rajesh Singh
