In , unofficial reports disclosed the carrier plans to launch new services to Ho Chi Minh City, Manila and Seoul starting in the same year, as well as the company's intention to start flying the São Paulo–Lomé–Addis Ababa–Guangzhou run in . In , unofficial sources reported that the launch of flights to both Ho Chi Minh City and Manila were cancelled, and that they will be replaced with a flight to Singapore starting in ; as announced, flights to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo commenced in the same year. Flights to Singapore were launched in . A new link to Shanghai was launched in , while new services to Vienna started in and to Doha in December the same year.