The Russian authorities said that Russia will start today, Sunday, to conduct direct flights to passengers from Moscow to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, as part of the two former allies in the Communist bloc to strengthen relations after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The move, which is the first regular operation of the trips between the two capitals since the mid -1990s, comes, according to Russian airline blogs, after the resumption of passenger railway service between Moscow and Pyongyang in June, a 10 -day flight.
The schedule of flights at Sherimito Airport indicates that the first flight will leave the airport at seven in the evening (16:00 GMT), according to Reuters.
The official Russian News Agency reported today (Sunday) that the 8-hour flight will be by a 440-passengers.
She added that ticket prices started from 44,700 rubles ($ 563), and that the tickets for the first trip were rapidly running out.
The Russian Civil Aviation Authority (Rosavatia) has given the company «Norddind Airlines» permission to conduct flights between Moscow and Pyongyang twice a week. The Ministry of Transport stated, in a statement, that the flights will be run in principle once a month at the present time “with the aim of building a stable request.”
This new flight is the first direct flight line between Russia and North Korea, as it was the only air line between the two countries is the flights of the North Korean company “Air Corio” to Vladivostok in the far east of Russia, at a rate of 3 flights per week.
Ukraine and its Western allies accuse North Korea of providing Russia with artillery and ballistic missiles. Moscow and Pyongyang denies these accusations.
