A small Chinese airline has applied to local authorities to operate three new routes to the North Korean capital Pyongyang beginning in October this year, according to a popular Chinese aviation site.

Qingdao Airlines is seeking to run flights to Pyongyang from Qingdao, Quanzhou, and Zhengzhou three times per week, according to a January 13 report from the Weibo page “Air Travel Circle.”

The listings were part of a number of permit applications recently submitted to the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration (CAA), the post said.

NK Newsreached out to the company over the phone on Thursday, but