ETIHAD PLANS to expand its network with flights to South Korea in December, after a positive first half of the year. Etihad saw an 11 per cent rise in passenger numbers in the first six months of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009, while revenue passenger kilometres increased by 22.6 per cent. The airline will start flights from its home base in Abu Dhabi to Seoul, its 65th destination, on December 12.