BEIJING: North Korea’s national airline Air Koryo plans to open a new route linking Pyongyang and Xian in China, a staff member said Thursday…
BEIJING: North Korea’s national airline Air Koryo plans to open a new route linking Pyongyang and Xian in China, a staff member said Thursday (Jun 21), in the latest sign of the nuclear-armed state’s possible emergence from isolation.
An Air Koryo representative told AFP „there is a plan“ for flights to the central Chinese city, a major tourist destination famous for its ancient Terracotta Warriors.
But the staffer said he „did not know“ whether the route would begin in July, as reported by the Xian Evening News daily, which cited Shaanxi Province’s official tourism board.
With the launch of the new route, Xian is set to become the fifth Chinese city with a direct flight to Pyongyang after Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai and Chengdu, according to the newspaper.
