US EditionAir China resumes flights connecting Beijing and Pyongyang
Air China resumed flights after six years, following train service restarts, allowing only travelers with work, study, or special visas amid cautious North Korea-China reopening.
- Air China resumed direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on March 30, 2026, shortly after passenger train services between the capitals restarted.
- The resumption was officially welcomed by the Chinese Ambassador to North Korea, Wang Yajun, and other diplomats, as reported by Chinese state media.
- Passenger trains and flights between China and North Korea had been suspended since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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The link between Pequim and Pyongyang was suspended in January 2020, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The service will work initially once a week, every Monday.
China's flag carrier resumes Beijing-Pyongyang direct flights: reports
China's national carrier has resumed direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang, news reports said Monday, the latest sign of restored ties following the resumption of passenger train service between their capitals.
China's national airline has operated a flight to North Korea for the first time in six years. The Air China aircraft departed from Beijing around 8:00 local time and landed just over two hours later at Pyongyang International Airport. Shortly thereafter, the plane flew back to Beijing. The resumption of Chinese air traffic comes a few weeks after the rail link between China and North Korea was restored. Trains had been running between the two c…
Air China, a Chinese national airline, resumed direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on the 30th for the first time in six years. This comes as the last remaining restriction on air travel has been lifted, following the resumption of passenger train services between Beijing/Dandong and Pyongyang on the 12th, which put people-to-people exchanges between North Korea and China back on track for normalization.
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