Air Koryo to open Pyongyang

Air Koryo of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will launch a charter flight route between Pyongyang and the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on April 27, local Chinese airport authorities said Friday. The airline will offer a round-trip flight between the cities every Monday and Friday, a spokesman with the Heilongjiang Provincial Airport Group Management Co. Ltd. said. The new service will meet the travel demands of nationals from both countries, the spokesman said. Harbin, known as China's "Ice City," is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, which borders Russia.