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AIR CHINA LTD will increase its flights between Beijing and the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, from early May, after it canceled some flights this month because of what it said was weak demand.
The CCTV report stirred speculation the scaling back of flights was in response to tension between North Korea and the United States over North Korea’s nuclear weapon and missile development.
Air China will start a flight between Beijing and Pyongyang again from May 5.
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China is North Korea’s sole major ally, but disapproves of the North’s weapons programs and has supported United Nations sanctions against it.
Searches on Air China’s website on Tuesday showed the carrier will have one flight a week, on Fridays, for the first two weeks of May, and after that, two flights a week, on Monday and Friday.
Searches showed no flight scheduled for this Friday.
Reuters could not immediately reach Air China for comment.
The US has urged China to do more to press North Korea to stop what it sees as belligerent defiance of UN resolutions.
Following repeated missile tests that drew international criticism, China banned all imports of North Korean coal on Feb 26, cutting off its most important export. Chinese media have raised the possibility of cutting oil shipments to North Korea if it were to conduct another nuclear test.
Air China flights to Pyongyang, which traditionally operated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, began in 2008, but were frequently canceled because of unspecified problems, state media has said. – Reuters
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