Korean Air and WestJet have expanded their codeshare agreement to include a new transpacific route set to be launched by the Canadian carrier to Seoul.
The Korean Air-Asiana merger process is spawning significant opportunities for other carriers thanks to competition remedies required by overseas regulators.
Korean Air has agreed to sell off Asiana Airlines' cargo business and support T'Way's European expansion to secure approval from Brussels for the takeover.
Large spans of water and a lack of strategic depth in some countries make airborne early warning assets a valuable commodity for air forces in the region.
The Asiana board says it will meet again in November, after an Oct. 30 meeting about Korean Air’s proposal did not produce a decision on the freighter sell-off.