Korean Air and Asiana are to lose their respective monopolies on Seoul-Sydney and Seoul-Saipan, following a Ministry of Transport decision that it will 'double-track' the routes. Meanwhile North Korea has tentatively agreed to allow Delta and Northwest to use its airspace on flights between the US and South Korea. This has angered Seoul, which wants North Korea to open its airspace and sign an aviation agreement with South Korea.
Source: Airline Business
Oneworld alliance carrier British Airways is suspending services to the Chinese capital from the beginning of the winter season. The airline says the decision, which takes effect from 26 October, affects flights through to November 2025. British Airways is unable to use Russian airspace, which would offer the shortest flightpath ...
Oneworld alliance carrier Royal Air Maroc is restarting a service to Beijing after the pandemic forced it to abandon the route just weeks after a previous launch attempt. Royal Air Maroc opened the connection in January 2020 but withdrew after a few weeks as the outbreak of Covid-19 started disrupting ...
Delta Air Lines is expecting a return to normal operations following a multi-day struggle related to the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike.
