A North Korean passenger aircraft flew to Beijing on Tuesday (August 22). This is the first time that the Korean commercial flight has landed at Beijing Airport since the outbreak of the crown disease.
Comprehensive Reuters and Agence France -Presse reported that the Flight Master information of the passenger plane showed that a Korean Airlines flight JS151 took off from Pyongyang, the capitalInternational Airport.
After the border closed in 2020, North Korea has frozen flights with China for more than three years.The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday (21st) that it has approved the approval of North Korean state-owned airlines Korean Air Airlines Pyongyang-Beijing-Pyongyang and other passenger routes in accordance with the procedures of the airlines on Monday (21st).
North Korea ’s Goryeo Airlines originally planned to perform the first commercial flight to Beijing on Monday, but the flight suddenly canceled at the last moment, the reason is unknown.
A diplomat told Reuters that Korean Airlines also arranged for flights from Pyongyang to Vladivostok from Pyongyang to Russia.To Russia.
Reuters reports that after more than three years of epidemic isolation, more and more signs show that the border control of Pyongyang seems to be more flexible.Chinese and Russian officials participated in the military parade in Pyongyang last month. This is the first time that foreign dignitaries have visited North Korea for many years.
The North Korean government also sent a athletes to the taekwondo competition in Kazakhstan last week.