According to state-run Xinhua News Agency, Air China has begun operating a weekly round-trip flight between Beijing Capital International Airport and Pyongyang Sunan International Airport.
The resumption comes for the first time since the airline halted all flights to North Korea in January 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began to spread, and follows the restart of passenger train service between the two countries earlier this month.
At a regular briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the resumption of passenger flights between Beijing and Pyongyang would help promote exchanges between the "friendly neighboring countries."
North Korea's Air Koryo has resumed its route from Pyongyang to Beijing since 2023, flying twice a week, but Chinese airlines had not operated regular flights to Pyongyang.
Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun reportedly greeted the first passengers arriving from Beijing and said that friendly exchanges between the two countries will be "further boosted," with road, rail, and air services now fully resumed.
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