SHIJIAZHUANG - Jin Air, a low-cost airline of the Republic of Korea (ROK), will launch regular flights between the ROK's capital of Seoul and Shijiazhuang city in northern China's Hebei province on June 20.

The flights will be operated every Wednesday and Sunday, using a Boeing 737 aircraft, a spokesman with the Shijiazhuang airport authorities said Thursday.

The new service will help boost economic exchanges and tourism cooperation between Hebei and the ROK, the spokesman added.