I'd love to visit there, my qualms however revolve around getting there in the first place... As far as
I'm aware most tourists arrive by plane via Beijing. My father works for Cathay Pacific, so I'm familiar with the asian airline industry. I can tell you one thing and that is there is no fucking way that I would hop on to ANY of the Korean/Chinese/Russian airlines that service Pyongyang.
Also, if any of you know Skytrax (
www.airlinequality.com), it is the largest airline/airport review outfit which accords airlines a star-based ranking - Air Koryo (the north korean airline) is the ONLY airline with a 1-star ranking lol...
Some things people said:
"no cabin crew jump seats are provided - they hang on to assist handles in the galley, curtains are drawn for take-off and landing, exits blocked with service carts, no cabin baggage storage checks and the safety demo is a seat belt only."
"I think one of the engines may have been inoperative, but otherwise the flight was fine."
"however I was amused when BOTH pilots came around to say hello to the dignataries with me, presumably leaving the aircraft on autopilot anyway!"