You will receive a link to create a new password via email.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google The NK Pro, NK News and KCNA Watch websites do not support private mode or incognito browsing.Air Koryo no longer permitted to operate Pyongyang-Kuwait routeKuwait cites UN resolution as reason for barring flightsThe routes, JS161 and return flight JS162, began operating in 2011 and were conducted by Air Koryo’s Tu-204-300 and TU-204-100v, P-632 and P-633, Russian-made jets – both with an approximate range of 9,300km.“Yes, correct and that is because of the United Nations sanctions…this was done two or three weeks before,” the Director General of Airport Affairs at KWI Emad Faleh Al Juluwi told when asked to confirm the decision to bar Air Koryo flights.Al Juluwi added that an Air Koryo representative in Kuwait was informed of the decision directly. Air Koryo (Airline) Office in Al Farwaniyah, Kuwait Air Koryo is the state-owned national flag carrier airline of North Korea, headquartered in Sunan-guyok, Pyongyang. In 2012, Air Koryo resumed services to Kuala Lumpur along with its expansion into Harbin, China. And when Air Koryo’s Kuwait ticket office was called Thursday by In November 2011 it was reported that Air Koryo had abruptly cancelled the Pyongyang – Kuwait City route, possibly because of fears that news about the Arab Spring would spread to North Korea.North Korea's state airline Air Koryo resumed flying to Kuwait City on Tuesday, data published by Following a refuelling pause at Pakistan's Islamabad International Airport, an Air Koyro Tupolev TU 204-300 arrived in Kuwait City on Tuesday, the data showed.Chad O'Carroll has written on North Korea since 2010 and writes between London and Seoul.Internet Explorer is not compatible with this website. Air Koryo have a total of 19 aircraft in their fleet, however aircraft that they have invested in the most is the ancient An-24. It was founded on 1950. North Korea’s state airline Air Koryo resumed flying to Kuwait City on Tuesday, data published by Following a refuelling pause at Pakistan’s Islamabad International Airport, an Air Koyro Tupolev TU 204-300 arrived in Kuwait City on Tuesday, the data showed.“These passenger services take-on fuel in Islamabad before continuing to Kuwait through Pakistani and Iranian airspace,” a North Korea aviation expert who requested anonymity told Although the airline started “weekly” Kuwait City flights in early 2011, the And the Air Koryo Pyongyang – Kuwait refuelling point at Pakistan – a country where DPRK diplomats were in 2013 accused of illegally selling alcohol imported in diplomatic pouches – has raised suspicions that the flight route could be used to break UN sanctions.“North Korea is known to have used commercial and charter aircraft to transport illegal goods — particularly higher-value commodities — in the past,” said Andrea Berger, a North Korea researcher at London’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).“UN Security Council Resolution 2094 (2013) urged states to exercise increased vigilance over North Korean aircraft in recognition of this potential proliferation pathway.
In the 2000s apart from the traditional flights to China and the Russian Far East, Air Koryo was also flying to Bangkok, Kuwait City, and Kuala Lumpur. Following a refuelling pause at Pakistan’s Islamabad International Airport, an Air Koyro Tupolev TU 204-300 arrived in Kuwait City on Tuesday, the data showed. Headquarter; Beijing; Shenyang; Shanghai; Dandong; Moscow Airkoryo Offices.
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