In 1950 then supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Il decided to make an
airline this was a joint partnership between North Korea and the Soviet Union
and the idea was to connect the two capsules Pyongyang and Moscow together
but the airline appears to be stuck in a time warp as it's still very much how it
was in the 1950s today we're going to look at the bizarre airline Air Koryo
we'll check out their airline food their sense of entertainment the reason why
they're banned in many countries and how you can even fly on this airline and
we'll also explore why they're the only one star airline in the world I'm
Charlie and today we're going to look at North Korea's one star airline but
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Koyo is very small and has a fleet of less than 20 aircraft and their fleet
consists of three different types of aircraft their main plane is an Aleutian
il-62 they also have the russian-made tupolev tu-204 and some mi-17
helicopters now you probably haven't heard of any of these brands they look
like Boeing afterall and they're actually the same aircrafts they've had
since the 1950s however they do work and can fly from Pyongyang to Moscow Russia
back in the 50s they also used to travel to East Germany and Bulgaria both part
of the Soviet Union but in more modern times post Soviet Union they've gone to
places like Prague Budapest and Zurich but they're no longer allowed to do this
because in 2006 they were added to the list of banned aircraft carriers in the
European Union so they joined the ranks of Afghanistan Iran Venezuela and many
other countries on the banned Airlines list this means today they're not
allowed to fly to any countries in the European Union the reason why is because
the current supreme leader of North Korea Kim jong-un loves missiles after
their fourth nuclear test they were put on the UN list of banned countries these
sanctions meant that other countries were not allowed to sell them any
Airlines and that's why they haven't upgraded since the 1950s when it comes
to their fleet of aircraft countries which were members of the UN which is
almost every country is not allowed to North Korea various things this includes
anything in the way of transportation like planes trains cars and boats
however sometimes countries like Russia do break these laws that's how Kim Jong
and is able to travel in Mercedes cars they're shipped in from Russia illegally
but even Russia is not so blatant as to sell North Korea a plane as it would be
too obvious so where does Air Koryo fly today
well right now they fly out of Pyongyang to five locations this includes
Vladivostok Russia shinyang Beijing and Shanghai in China and also Macau which
is the gambling capital of the world many wealthy North Korean elites
including Kim jong-un himself enjoy traveling to Macau to spend lots of
money gambling but what's it like inside an Air Koryo plane well first off the
cockpit is very different to a modern aircraft there are no digital screens
and everything is standard with old-school dials if there's not enough
legroom onboard the seats on the planes actually fold down and there's also an
entertainment system but there's only one channel which plays North Korean
dramas and documentaries the in-flight meal consists of chicken source cake and
a fruit cocktail for dessert but some experts say that Air Koryo may not be
around in a few decades that's because their airplanes are getting seriously
old and they can't get any new ones because of one particular missile test
which nearly hit Japan they were sanctioned heavily by the UN so unless
these sanctions are lifted and they probably won't be North Korea won't be
getting any new airplanes anytime soon but after hearing all of this
information about Air Koryo you're probably saying surely how can i book a
flight on this airline well it's seriously easy you just simply follow
the webpage linked in the description below and you can actually check out
their website yourself as you can see here it is on the screen and you can
simply book a flight from anywhere and it really does work a basic flight say
from Russia to North Korea will set you back about $200 and according to their
website they have offices in Moscow Vladivostock Beijing Shenyang Berlin
Kuwait and Dandong but perhaps this information was written before they were
banned by all UN countries and I have to say if you want to experience Soviet
aircraft travel in the 1950s then you can today just
sure it's actually legal for you to use this one star airline many countries
including the UK and USA advise their citizens not to go into North Korea but
now it's time to make your voice heard would you like to travel on this North
Korean airline vote in the poll in the top right corner check out my second
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