Wow: Russia Launches Regular Nonstop Boeing 777 Flights To North Korea

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines has launched direct, nonstop flights connecting the Russian capital with North Korea. The journey takes about eight hours to complete and covers a distance of nearly 4,000 miles (6,400km). Initially, flights are scheduled to operate once a month to “create stable demand and load flights,” with a view to increasing frequencies to twice-weekly.