Air Koryo

Air Koryo is the flag carrier and only airline of North Korea.

= History =

Air Koryo in British Columbia
After the death of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il in 2011, after a brief period of uncertainty, his daughter Kim Sol-song emerged as the new "Great Leader" of the country. After a few years taken to consolidate her position, in 2015 Kim Sol-song initiated a series of summit meetings with then-President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, holding four meetings over the course of sixteen months. The first two were held in Seoul and Pyongyang respectively, the third was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (chosen by the North), and the fourth in Vancouver, British Columbia (chosen by the South). Kim Sol-song and her party were brought to Vancouver by an Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, marking the first instance of a visit by a North Korean aircraft to North America. The final peace treaty between the two Koreas was signed in the Joint Security Area at the Demilitarised Zone on 1 March 2017.

Over the subsequent years North Korea established diplomatic and trade relations with numerous countries, including BC, Canada, and the United States, and in the spring of 2019, Air Koryo inaugurated the first scheduled service between Pyongyang and North America. In July of 2019 Air Koryo entered into its first codeshare arrangement, with Air China; this was followed by similar agreements with Inter-Dominion Air Lines and Asiana Airlines in June 2020, and with Lufthansa July 2020.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Antonov An-148-100B
 * Ilyushin Il-76TD Cargo.
 * Ilyushin Il-96-400
 * Sukhoi Superjet 100
 * Tupolev Tu-154M Last passenger airline to operate this aircraft; to be retired 2022–2023 after deliveries of Superjet 100 completed.
 * Tupolev Tu-204-100B
 * Tupolev Tu-204-300
 * Tupolev Tu-334

Historic

 * Antonov An-2
 * Antonov An-24B/RV
 * Ilyushin Il-12
 * Ilyushin Il-14
 * Ilyushin Il-18D
 * Ilyushin Il-62M Last passenger airline to operate this aircraft.
 * Lisunov Li-2
 * Tupolev Tu-134B-3 Last passenger airline to operate this aircraft.
 * Tupolev Tu-154B Last passenger airline to operate this aircraft.

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within North Korea.

There are codeshare agreements with Air China, Asiana Airlines, Inter-Dominion Air Lines, and Lufthansa.