Air Koryo flies to Beijing for first time in 3 years

This is the first commercial flight from North Korea since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

BEIJING: An Air Koryo passenger flight from Pyongyang landed at Beijing Capital Airport on Tuesday morning, according to tracking app Flight Master, in what would be the first commercial flight from North Korea since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday that Beijing had approved North Korea’s state carrier Air Koryo resuming flights to China more than three years after they stopped amid Covid-19 restrictions, amid signs of increased contact between North Korea and its neighbour and biggest trading partner.

Cargo train and ship traffic has slowly increased over the past year, but North Korea has only just begun to allow some international passenger travel.

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