Air China will maintain regular flights on its Beijing-Pyongyang route through winter while reducing the number of weekly flights from three to two, a company sales representative confirmed to NK News Thursday.

The continuation of the flight this winter represents a departure from last year, where the company suspended the route from late November until early June.

A representative told Reuters at the time that the decision was motivated by poor business.

The route from Beijing Capital International Airport to Pyongyang International Airport, flight number CA121/122, has run every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday since June this year, but will now