Air Koryo Increasingly Grounded

Published May 10, 2016 4:29pm ET



Emirates Airline it’s decidedly not, but North Korea’s flag carrier Air Koryo has strived to improve its inflight product in recent years. The state-run airline rolled out “new planes, new in-flight entertainment options, [and] smart new uniforms for the cabin attendants,” this year, noted Bloomberg News. The airline also added several new destinations recently, including flights from Pyongyang to Bangkok and Kuwait City. The Kuwait City flight is used primarily to transport the thousands of North Korean workers who are thought to toil in the Arab monarchy; the other destinations and product upgrades are designed to entice more useful idiots, fellow travelers, and washed-up NBA stars to opt to vacation in the that theme park of totalitarianism.

But Air Koryo has run into headwinds of late. It hasn’t operated its Kuwait flight since at least February, notes NK News. The Bangkok flight has reportedly also been scuttled.

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