Written by SharonKurheg @ Your Mileage May Vary
North Korea has a total of one airline. It’s called Air Koryo and it has a fleet of 17 passenger planes (one is only for VIPs) and one cargo plane. And its history is, I have to admit, pretty fascinating: So what’s it really like? Air Koryo…
Category: Air Koryo
Flight Review: Air Koryo JS 8101 – Pyongyang Helicopter Tour
Written by Freddo Zabaleta @ LoyaltyLobby
One of the highlights of my visit to North Korea was a one-hour helicopter tour over Pyongyang. Offered as an add-on to the tour and operated by Air Koryo under flight number JS 8101, we had the chance to fly over the city in a Mil MI-17, a medium twin-turbine Russian transport helicopter. In case[…]
Flight Review: Air Koryo JS 222 Beijing – Pyongyang
Written by Freddo Zabaleta @ LoyaltyLobby
Last weekend I visited Pyongyang coinciding with the celebrations of the 105th birthday of Kim Il Sung. My trip started at Beijing International Airport with my first flight ever on Air Koryo. Air Koryo is the state-owned national flag carrier airline of North Korea, infamous not only for being the only airline to get a[…]
Would You Visit North Korea? I Will, This Week.
Written by Freddo Zabaleta @ LoyaltyLobby
They are testing rocket engines for their nuclear warheads . The US government is sending a warship to the Korean peninsula. The newspapers are talking of an increased risk of accidental war. And I will be there this week hoping there are no major fireworks during my stay. I was planning for a lovely Easter[…]