China resumes direct flights to DPRK after 6-year hiatus

Chinese flag carrier Air China resumed direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on Monday, ending a six-year suspension of services between the capitals of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). A passenger plane departed Beijing Capital International Airport on Monday and landed at the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport at 10:37 local time. Both passenger flights and trains to the DPRK were suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cross-border trains are currently running between Beijing and Pyongyang, and between Dandong, a northeastern Chinese border city in Liaoning Province, and Pyongyang. #Beijing #Pyongyang #DPRK #ChinaTravel