Air Koryo from Beijing PEK |
North Korea's Air Koryo and Iran Air use the same lounge at Beijing Terminal 2 |
Checkin for Air Koryo at Beijing Capital PEK |
Air Koryo flight JS252 from Beijing to Pyongyang |
Soviet-built Air Koryo Ilyushin-62M at Beijing Capital Airport |
The Il-62 entered service with Air Koryo in 1982 for nonstop service to Moscow |
Air Koryo has 4 Il-62 in its fleet |
The galley of an Air Koryo Il-62 |
Boarding for Pyongyang nearing completion |
The Flight Attendant Dance on Air Koryo |
Air Koryo safety information card |
A great landing by an Air China A330 (B-6131) as we taxi for departure at PEK |
...that just doesn't look like the most aerodynamically efficient wing |
Oddly, instead of crossing Tianjin then overwater past Dalian, we remained overland the whole flight |
My DPRK Visa |
Paperwork for arrival in the DPRK |
Air Koryo inflight meal |
My first North Korean beer, badly poured |
Crossing the River Chongchon near Anju on the west coast of North Korea |
South Phyongan Province, DPRK |
Mountains and rice paddies, South Phyongan Province, DPRK |
Here a canal tunnels through a mountain emerging on the otherside, South Phyongan Province, DPRK |
On final approach to Runway 19 at Pyongyang |
It's a long taxi from the new runway (01/19) to the terminal |
Sunan International Airport (FNJ/ZKPY) 24 km north of Pyongyang |
Our first view of President Kim Il Sung's smiling face |
The main terminal of Pyongyang Airport |
Boarding busses for the short ride across the ramp at Pyongyang |
Air Koryo just recently got these nice new busses |
Deplaning by stairs on a warm summer day in Pyongyang |
Air Koryo Ilyushin-62M, registration P-885, one of 4 in the fleet |
The Queen of the Fleet - Tupolev Tu-204 (P-632) |
Air Koryo Tupolev Tu-204 with a 3 Air Koryo Tu-154 |
Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18 (P-835) passenger version Pyongyang (FNJ) |
Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18 (P-836) used for cargo |
Ramp at Pyongyang Airport |
Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft (P-912) at Pyongyang |
Terminal of Pyongyang's Sunan International Airport (FNJ) |
Mosaic of an Air Koryo jet flying over the crater lake of Mount Paekdu |
Pyongyang Arrivals |
Thankfully my bag arrived |
Koryo Tours welcomes you to Pyongyang |
Ryohaengsa - Korea International Travel Company (KITC) |
Our KITC bus meeting us at Pyongyang Airport |
KITC bus, Pyongyang |
Our group |