West African carrier Cabo Verde Airlines has received a Boeing 737 Max 8 that it says will enable it to restart flights within Africa and to Europe, North and South America. "This is a significant moment for Cabo Verde Airlines. With the addition of the 737 Max 8, we continue to expand our fleet to pre-pandemic levels," states Cabo Verde Airlines chief executive Sara Pires. "The delivery of an airplane with the capabilities of the 737 Max 8 allows us to meet the growing travel demand to our archipelago country at the crossroads of four continents." Data identifies one 737 Max 8 in operation with Cabo Verde Airlines as MSN 60432, which it is leasing from Aergo Capital. The jet was previously owned and operated by the defunct South African carrier Comair. The carrier currently flies within Cape Vere and to Paris and Lisbon with one 737. The latest aircraft addition is part of its "take-off" relaunch strategy intended to expand its network to routes operated prior to the pandemic.

Malaysia Airlines is set to take delivery of its new Boeing 737-8 in August, following the jet's first flight test on 18 July.
9M-MVA is the first of 25 737-8s on order that are due to deliver through to 2026, the airline states. It signed long-term leases with Air Lease Corporation for these jets in February 2022. Fleets data shows that MSN 66439 is fitted with 174 seats and powered by CFM International Leap-1B engines. The Max narrowbodies are set to replace the ageing 737NG fleet across Malaysia Aviation Group, which constitute the largest proportion with 47 out of its 100-aircraft fleet. The 737-8 will also carry the airline’s wireless in-flight entertainment system, MHstudio, which is similar to the airline's refreshed 737-800s. Flightradar24 flight tracking data shows that on 17 July, 9M-MVA departed at 10:27 PDT from Renton Municipal Airport, where Boeing's 737 facility is located, and landed in Seattle at 13:08 PDT.

Korean Air will resume multiple services to China and Japan that were suspended due to the pandemic, as its ASK capacity on international routes reached about 82% of pre-Covid levels in July. The carrier will reinstate five weekly flights between Seoul Incheon and Changsha from 19 July, and thrice and four times weekly services to Wuhan and Weihai from 24 and 27 September, respectively. On its Japan network, the airline will resume services from Busan to Fukuoka and Nagoya on 27 September, operating twice daily and daily, respectively. "Korean Air is also expanding its international flight operations to meet rising international travel demand through flight frequency increases. Starting from July, the airline has increased frequencies and reinstated flights on its extensive global network,” it says. In July, flights on the Seoul Incheon-Ulaanbaatar route will be increased from seven to eight times a week, and to 10 weekly flights for August. The airline in July also boosted flights between Seoul Incheon and Sapporo from seven to 11 times a week, and to Bali from nine to 11 times a week by the end of August. On its North American network, Korean Air has increased the number of flights between Seoul Incheon and Chicago to seven times a week from five, to Dallas from four to five times a week and to San Francisco from seven to nine times per week. In Europe, the airline has increased flight frequencies on the Incheon-Frankfurt route from five to seven times a week, and on the Incheon-Milan route from three to four times a week.