My brand new MBA has the same problem, installing all the upgrades did not change anything, actually it's pretty much useless. Some people claim an incompatibility with some routers which I find totally annoying. I mean take any other computer running on Windows and you'll hardly hear about such problems while Apple keeps having bugs with their products especially about something so common nowadays: WiFi
I was told to only use an Apple Express to be sure to keep a good connection?! right, so what do I do when traveling and willing to work in a hotel room?
I've searched on internet and it seems to be a common issue with the MBA and even some MBP. The Apple store said I should bring it back for investigation which I will but to whether be reimbursed or get a new one...as I told them I keep having problems with absolutely all Apple products (iMac, iPhone, MBA) but the iPods or iPad...which is a shame as the MBA is such an amazing toy, powerful, design and not so expensive despite what many people say...however not reliable.