Published on : Thursday, June 21, 2018
Xian is the capital of northwestern Shannxi province and will be the fifth Chinese city with and air link to the North Korean capital following Beijing, Shenyang and Chengdu.
Tourism product for North Koreans is currently being planned by several tour agencies in Xian.Earlier there were charter flights from Xian to Pyongyang eight years back and the response was pretty strong.
It is expected that travel between Xian and Pyongyang will get easy and efficient with the opening of this route which would be satisfying the enthusiasm of Xian citizens for the holidays in North Korea.
The relation between China and North Korea has seen development after three meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong.
On June 6 the Chinese flag carrier Air China resumed the regular flights between Beijing and Pyongyang. It was earlier suspended for more than six months.
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