Oct 24th, 2012 at 4:00PM: Let's take a poll: would you fly an airline rated the "world's worst"? No? Now tell us, if that same airline was owned by North Korea would you consider it any more worthy of your ticket price? Probably not, you say?
The good news is that if you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, booking on Air Koryo just got a lot easier. The Skytrax one-star rated airline is selling its flights to ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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North Korean Airline Dubbed 'World's Worst' Finally Gets On Board With Online Booking
Oct 24th, 2012 at 4:00PM: Let's take a poll: would you fly an airline rated the "world's worst"? No? Now tell us, if that same airline was owned by North Korea would you consider it any more worthy of your ticket price? Probably not, you say?
The good news is that if you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, booking on Air Koryo just got a lot easier. The Skytrax one-star rated airline is selling its flights to ...Eight interesting facts about North Korea's airline
Aug 3rd, 2011 at 8:00AM:
What do you know about Air Koryo? Probably not much. The state-run airline for North Korea, it's the only realistic way you can fly into the country, unless you have some sort of crazy commando resources at your disposal. Of course, there's a lot you have to do before booking your ticket, and getting a visa can be quite difficult for Americans and other westerners. If you do make it through ...North Korea: flight attendants redefine customer service
Oct 22nd, 2010 at 8:00AM:
There's no shortage of gripes among both business and leisure travelers about the level of service we receive from the airlines. We've all had our shares of miserable customer service experiences, from bad experiences with orange juice to getting bumped by the beverage cart. Yet, nothing compares to what you experience on Air Koryo, it seems.
There's only one airline that flies in and out of ...I stand corrected: Air Koryo planes are not made of bamboo
Oct 19th, 2008 at 11:00AM: So last month, fresh out of detention in North Korea and noticeably high from the experience, I went on NPR and claimed, among some other rather dumb stuff, that "Air Koryo [the official North Korean airline] was literally made out of bamboo." Yes bold claim, especially with that underscored "literally." And now an angry NPR listener has called me out on it. I just returned from a trip to North ...
