The largest Russian airline on the domestic market, Sibir/S7, will open the route between Krasnoyarsk in southern Siberia and Beijing on June 2, local media reported on Monday.

Initially, the flights to the capital of China are planned once a week on Wednesdays, and return flights will take place every Thursday.

Novosibirsk-based S7 airline, operating a fleet of Boeings and Airbuses, has been experiencing a sharp decline in the volume of passenger traffic lately that plunged over 13 percent in 2009.