AIR KORYO (IATA code: JS) is the only state-owned airline of DPRK. It currently operates domestic routes within DPRK as well as international routes to various destinations in Asia and in Europe.

It was founded in 1954, just after the Korean war, by the DPRK government. Its pervious name is known as Chosonminhang (CAAK). At the early stage, CAAK runs a fleet of serveral Soviet-made propeller planes such as IL-12, IL-18 and AN-2. In 1975, CAAK acquired a TU-154 to its fleet and the age of jet-engine plane began. CAAK was renamed as AIR KORYO in 1993. Nowadays, AIR KORYO runs an entire fleet of Soviet-made planes including, AN-24, IL-18, IL-62, IL-76, TU-134 and TU-154. Comparing with the airlines in South Korea which not a single Soviet-made plane can be found, this combination is very unique and charming!

Stamp Published in 1997 in DPRK featuring its state-owned airlines AIR KORYO.

Current AIR KORYO Fleet

Aircraft Type	Total in Service	Fleet Number	Year of Manufacture
Passenger
Antonov AN-24-B	2	P-527	1966
		P-537	1966
Antonov AN-24-RV	3	P-532	1974
		P-533	1974
		P-534	1974
Ilyushin IL-18-D	1	P-835	1968
Ilyushin IL-18-V	1	P-836	1965
Ilyushin IL-62-M	4	P-618*	1985
		P-881	1986
		P-882	1988
		P-885	1979
Tupolev TU-134-B3	2	P-813	1983
		P-814	1983
Tupolev TU-154-B	3	P-551	1975
		P-552	1976
		P-553	1977
Tupolev TU-154-B2	1	P-561	1983
Cargo
Ilyushin IL-76-MD	3	P-912	1990
		P-913	1990
		P-914	1990

* P-618 belongs to DPRK government.
Special thanks to Lukas Musil for providing the above information to Kimchi & Insam's Avaition Page.

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Current AIR KORYO Routes:

Other Information:

Head-Office:

Address: Sunan District, P'yongyang, DPR of Korea
Tel: 850-218111~999 ext 8108
Fax: 850-23814410 ext 4625 

Ticketing Offices: 

P'yongyang 
Address: Tongsong-dong, Central District, Pyongyang, DPR of Korea. 

Bangkok
Address: 942/135.4, 4/F Cham Issara Tower, Rama 4 Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand. (Town)
3062, 3/F, Central Building, Terminal 1, Donmuang Airport, Thailand. (Airport)
Tel: 66-02-2342805/2342806 (Town) 66-02-5353974 (Airport)
Fax: 66-02-2675009 (Town) 66-02-5355974 (Airport)

Beijing
Address: Swissotel, Hong Kong-Macau Center, Dong Si Shi Tiao Li Jiao Qiao, Beijing 100027, China.
Tel: 86-010-65011557/65011559 (Town) 86-010-64591253 (Airport)
Fax: 86-010-65012591

Berlin
Address: Grunbergallee 2, 12526 Berlin, Germany.
Tel: 49-030-6765003 (Town) 49-030-60913664 (Airport)
Fax: 49-030-60913665

Macao
Address: Rua Da Praia Grade 55 20 Andar-C Centro Commercial 'Hoi Vong', Macau.
Tel: 853-3536634/3536635 (Town) 853-861329/861111 Ext 3878 (Airport)
Fax: 853-356631 (Town) 853-861329 (Airport)

Moscow
Address: 101000 Mosfilmovskaya 72, Moscow, Russia (Town)
103340 Airport 'Sheremetyevo-2' Room 617 (Airport)
Tel: 007-095-1436307 (Town) 007-095-5787580 (Airport)
Fax: 007-095-1436302

Vladivostok
Address: Airport, 41, Portovaya Street, Artyorn Primorski Krai, 692800, Russia.
Tel/Fax: 007-4232-307684

And an AIR KORYO Video:

Being the state airlines of a communist country still hiding behind the iron curtain nowadays, AIR KORYO is most likely not serving your home town. Even if it does, it is highly unlikely being one of the most popular airlines in your nearby airport. So, to most of you, it is not easy to see an AIR KORYO plane running on a runway. Fortunately, Air Utopia makes this easy to all of us! An excellent video titled "Airplanes in Action: World Airports Series Volume 2" features one of the most busiest airport in Southeast Asia: Bangkok International Airport. By refering to the information above, you will know that Bangkok is one of the few cities being served by AIR KORYO. And inside this video, an AIR KORYO IL-62M was filmed running on the runway!

Here comes an AIR KORYO IL-62.	P-885: The fleet number can be clearly seen.
Decelerating.	Taxing.

Screen shoots from the video.

This section lasts 82 seconds long. It is the only video I can find featuring an AIR KORYO plane. All AIR KORYO fans should keep a copy at home. This is what I would highly recommend.

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Finally, an AIR KORYO MTV!

Finally, I have found something featuring an AIR KORYO plane uptaking!

This is a music video called "Looking forward to see you". It is produced by Mokran Video, DPR of Korea. It is about a songwriter going to study in a foreign country and need to leave her friends in her motherland. Which way did she choose to leave her country? By AIR KORYO of course!

From the video, P'yongyang Sunan International Airport looked very busy with a lot of travelers in the terminal and planes traveling to various destinations worldwide! At the last few seconds of the MTV, you can also see an AIR KORYO Ilyushin IL-62-M uptaking!

If you cannot view the video, please download the latest version of Microsoft Midea Player from Microsoft. You need Microsoft Media Player version 7 or above and Internet Explorer 6 for viewing.