US EditionAir China to resume flights to North Korea at the end of the month after train service restarted
Air China resumes weekly Beijing-Pyongyang flights from March 30 as China and North Korea reopen cross-border transport links after COVID-19 suspensions, enabling restricted group tourism.
- Air China will resume weekly flights from Beijing to Pyongyang from March 30, Rowan Beard, co-founder of Young Pioneer Tours, told Reuters on Friday.
- After a 2020 suspension due to COVID-19, China and North Korea restarted two-way passenger trains on Thursday, with the first Beijing–Pyongyang train arriving in Pyongyang on Friday.
- Independent tourism to North Korea is banned, and Young Pioneer Tours is one of a handful of specialised operators authorised to organise group tours for Western tourists from Beijing.
- The Beijing–Pyongyang route operates four times a week while a Dandong–Pyongyang link runs daily, and Rowan Beard said there is renewed hope that tourism may return sooner than anticipated.
- Reopening could boost organised, controlled tourism as Beijing says the rail revival facilitates people-to-people exchanges and trade and economic cooperation between friendly neighbours.
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Air China to resume flights to North Korea at the end of the month after train service restarted
Air China will resume flights between Beijing and North Korea starting on March 30 after train services restarted earlier this week.
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