Smith noted that Air Koryo's fleet is mainly Russian TU-204s and AN-148s, which may not be as comfortable or efficient as their American or European-built counterparts, but are not unsound.

Part of the problem is the age of its planes. Air Koryo flies an aging fleet of Russian-built Tupolev aircraft on its international flights and even older Soviet-era aircraft domestically. It has ...

Air Koryo has 15 active planes on its fleet, either Russian or Ukrainian-made, and uses refuelling, maintenance and repair facilities in China and Russia, according to aviation databases and UN ...

Air Koryo recently acquired two Russian-built Tupolev Tu-204s for international routes, with an economy ticket costing about 900 yuan ($137) for the two-hour journey from Beijing.

This is an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-62 P-885, a version of the Il-62 that was originally designed in the 1960's. II-62's have had 10 accidents since 1989, though only two were fatal ...

Smith noted that Air Koryo’s fleet is mainly Russian TU-204s and AN-148s, which may not be as comfortable or efficient as their American or European-built counterparts, but are not unsound.

But Air Koryo may not be that bad, according to online reviews. The ranking, based on 13.25 million survey questionnaires compiled by Skytrax, an air-transport research company based in Britain ...

Smith noted that Air Koryo's fleet is mainly Russian TU-204s and AN-148s, which may not be as comfortable or efficient as their American or European-built counterparts, but are not unsound.

Air hostesses on Air Koryo, the North Korean airline wait for passengers at Pyongyang International airport, 02 April 2005. Fewer than 2,000 Western tourists visit North Korea annually and must ...