04-09-2020

The Chinese capital is opening up to international travel after a gap of six months following the COVID-19 pandemic with an official announcement saying that flights from eight countries, including its �all-weather ally� Pakistan, would be permitted from Thursday. Beijing, which banned all international flights from March 23, on Wednesday announced plans to resume direct international flights beginning Thursday, signalling that the pandemic has been contained in the city.

Flights connecting Thailand, Cambodia and Pakistan in Asia; Greece, Denmark, Austria and Sweden in Europe and Canada in North America � countries with relatively small numbers of imported cases � will resume. The first direct international flight to Beijing will depart from Cambodia�s capital Phnom Penh on Thursday which will be operated by Air China.