April 30, 2024
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North Korean airline operates flight to Beijing, first in two months

Air Koryo plane landed in China on Tuesday, latest in series of flights since DPRK began to ease border controls

A North Korean passenger plane flew from Pyongyang to Beijing on Tuesday, the latest in a series of flights that DPRK flag carrier Air Koryo has conducted to China and Russia as the country eases border controls.

An Air Koryo Tu-204-100B aircraft, flight number JS151, arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport at 10:24 a.m. KST on Tuesday, aviation tracking service FlightRadar24 showed.

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