PYONGYANG, March 31 (Xinhua) -- An Air China Boeing 737 landed at Pyongyang Sunan Airport Monday, launching the company's direct flight service from Beijing to Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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

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

Up to now, the Beijing-based Air China has served as the only foreign airline to offer scheduled flights to the DPRK.