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In March 2021, KAL announced the merger with Asiana Airlines will be delay as foreign authorities has not approved the deal. Due to the delay, Asiana Airlines will be operated as subsidiary in which the airline's operations, IT and other systems will be operated by Korean Air until 2024. After the merger is approved and completed, Asiana Airlines could become member of SkyTeam. Currently, only Turkey has approved the antitrust deal so far, while seven other countries, including Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan and Thailand have not given their approval. On June 30, it is reported that the post-merger plans between two airlines have been finalized and approved by Korea Development Bank.