The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation (Rosavision) issued a Nordwind airline permission to execute flights to the DPRK. This is stated in the text of the order of the department.
According to the document, Nordwind will be able to operate flights from Moscow to Pyongyang and back twice a week. On the Sheremetyevo Airport website, which is basic for Nordwind Airlines, it is stated that the first flight to Pyongyang is scheduled for Sunday July 27. Departure time – 19.00.
Earlier it became known that the Russian Railways and the Ministry of Railways of the DPRK launched a route since June 17, which connected Moscow and Pyongyang.
“Pyongyang – Moscow is the longest non -cross -country railway route in the world: the distance between the capitals of the states is more than 10 thousand km, and the time is eight days. The stops are provided at the Khasan, Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Kirov, Kostroma, etc. d. “, – said Russian Railways.