Korean Air will resume services and increase flights on its China network from March 17, following the two countries’ agreement to increase the number of flights to pre-pandemic levels, which was announced on March 3.
Through service resumption and increased flights, the airline will provide diversified and more convenient schedules between Incheon and Gimpo Airports and major cities in China such as Beijing and Shanghai.
Flights between Korea and mainland China will increase from 13 times per week to 84 times per week by the end of March, and to 99 times per week in May. The airline’s weekly flight frequency on its China routes will reach 38% and 43% of 2019 levels in March/April and May/June, respectively.
Korean Air will also work to revitalize the aviation and tourism industries and Incheon Airport’s role as a hub through expanding transit networks from China. The airline will undergo preliminary inspections of its business branches and airport services in China to ensure safe operations and customer convenience in preparation of the expected surge in passenger demand.
The International Arctic Forum "Arctic - Territory of Dialogue" will be held in Murmansk from 2027, according to an order signed by Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin.
An international scientific and educational center will be established on the Svalbard archipelago to study the Arctic permafrost, atmosphere, and hydrosphere, said Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev.
At the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) of the parties to the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Brazil, Russia presented the world’s first target operating model for ecosystem restoration developed by the Russian businesses and the scientific community as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021 to 2030).
China has become the only country to make a series of continuous dives with a crew on board in the area of continuous multi-year Arctic ice, the press service of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported.
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