WestJet has expanded its long-standing codeshare agreement with Korean Air. Under the new agreement, WestJet has placed its 'WS' code on Korean's flights between both Toronto Pearson and Vancouver International in Canada and Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, the Calgary-based airline says. This is WestJet's first reciprocal codeshare with an Asian partner, it adds. It had been in a codeshare pact with Korean Air since 2012. WestJet's commercial chief John Weatherill states: "We are looking forward to the new opportunities our now reciprocal codeshare will bring to consumers travelling between Canada and Asia."

Five of six additional Boeing 737 Max 8s being leased to LOT Polish Airlines by Air Lease Corporation were originally placed with Romania's Blue Air. The Polish flag carrier says an agreement on the aircraft was reached following Blue Air's suspension of operations in September. ALC already leases five Max 8s and one 787 to LOT. Earlier this month Blue Air disclosed that it would not resume operations as planned on 10 October as it remained locked in talks with investors over funding for a return to the skies. Data shows that Blue Air has five ALC-managed Max 8s in storage and another four on order. The US lessor also has one 737-700 and six 737-800s with the Romanian carrier. LOT says it is in the process of selecting a new fleet in the regional and narrowbody segment. "Until a supplier is selected, we are planning to source aircraft as a bridging solution – the first Embraer 175 and 190 have already joined LOT Polish Airlines' fleet and will soon be followed by the Boeing 737-8," it adds.

Travellers to the USA who have been in Uganda in the 21 days prior to their arrival will be routed to one of five US airports where they will receive "enhanced screening" for Ebola. A health alert released on 6 October by the US State department's embassy in Kampala, Uganda, lists New York JFK, Newark Liberty, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, Chicago O'Hare and Washington Dulles as the airports designated for enhanced screening of passengers recently in Uganda, including US citizens. "Out of an abundance of caution, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will apply new layers of screening at these five US airports in response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda," the US embassy in Uganda says. It adds that as of 6 October, cases of Ebola during the current outbreak have only been confirmed in Uganda. "No suspected, probable or confirmed cases of Ebola have been reported in the United States, and the risk of Ebola domestically is currently low." Uganda's health ministry has declared an Ebola outbreak in several districts that country. The US CDC says that Ebola is spread by contact with blood or body fluids of a person infected with Ebola virus. It is also spread by contact with contaminated objects or infected animals.