On March 31, an Air China Boeing 737 landed at Pyongyang Sunan Airport, launching the company's direct flight service from Beijing to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

Flight CA121 will take off from Beijing at 1:40 p.m. local time (05:40GMT) every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and arrive in Pyongyang at 4:20 p.m. (07:20GMT).

Flight CA122, the return flight, will leave Pyongyang at 5:20 p.m. local time (08:20GMT) and arrive in Beijing at 6:05 p.m. (10:05GMT).

Now, the Beijing-based Air China has served as the only foreign airline to offer scheduled flights to North Korea.

Photograph 1: Air China's inaugural flight arrived at Pyongyang Sunan Airport on March 31.

Photograph 2: A North Korean woman presented flowers to the Captain of Air China's inaugural flight at Pyongyang Sunan Airport on March 31.