Condor has signed a reciprocal interline agreement with Flydubai, allowing passengers of the German carrier to access additional connecting flights to destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia from Dubai. Under the deal, guests will be able to travel on a single ticket and can have their baggage checked through to their final destination on all connecting flights operated by Condor and Flydubai, Condor says. "By expanding our partnerships, we are providing our customers with even better connections to other destinations around the globe. Flydubai is another important partner for reaching 22 worldwide destinations via the Dubai hub," says Condor's chief executive Peter Gerber.

Delta Air Lines plans to launch new flights connecting Minneapolis-St Paul International airport with Aruba and St Maarten in the Caribbean as a part of its winter network. The US major says the new routes to Aruba and St Maarten will be operated twice a week from 19 December and 20 December, using Boeing 757-200s. The carrier also plans to boost its Caribbean service from Minneapolis, adding one weekly flight to Grand Cayman for a total of three, and two more to San Juan for a total of ten weekly flights.

Korean Air will increase services to China and Japan over the coming months to meet rising demand. The airline says it will restart its daily Busan-Shanghai Pudong and Jeju-Beijing routes from 1 July, while Seoul Incheon-Hefei services will resume at a five times weekly frequency from 19 August. It will also start a new Busan-Beijing route with six weekly flights from 16 September, and Incheon-Kunming service with four weekly flights from 14 October. Moreover, the airline will increase the frequency on the Incheon-Yanji route to daily flights from four weekly flights starting 1 June, while Incheon-Dalian route will temporarily increase by four flights to 11 weekly flights from 1 July until 15 September. It will also boost the daily Incheon-Tianjin route to two daily flights from 5 August to 20 October and Incheon-Ulaanbaatar route will be increased by two flights, to operate eight weekly flights from 1 June until September 30. In Japan, the carrier will resume the Jeju-Tokyo Narita route thrice a week from 19 July to 25 October, and boost frequencies on the Incheon to Okayama and Kagoshima routes from three to five weekly flights starting 3 August and 2 September, respectively.