중국 국제항공공사, 에어 차이나가 1월부터 베이징-평양 노선을 신설키로 한 계획을 오는 3월로 미뤘다고 밝혔습니다.
중국 국제항공은 2일 바쁜 비행계획으로 신설이 미뤄졌다며, 정치적 이유나 북한의 핵 무기 프로그램에 대한 6자회담 등과는 아무 관련이 없다며 이같이 밝혔습니다.
북한은 지난해 말까지 핵 시설의 불능화와 핵 프로그램 목록을 신고키로 했으나, 마감 시한을 달성하지 못했습니다.
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Chinese flag carrier Air China has delayed the launch of a new regular route to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, insisting the move was not linked to the North's nuclear disarmament process.
Air China said today (Wednesday) that it had postponed the opening of the new route until March. The airline plans to fly three days a week between Beijing and Pyongyang.
Company officials said a busy flight schedule had triggered the delay and denied it had anything to do with "politics" or the six-nation talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.
North Korea had pledged to disable its main nuclear complex before the end of 2007, but it failed to reach that deadline. It also failed to produce a detailed list of its nuclear activities by the same date.