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Air Koryo, the national carrier of North Korea, has made its maiden landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
The airline flies twice weekly to Kuala Lumpur from the capital city of Pyongyang, on Mondays and Thursdays, utilising a TU-204 Next Generation Tupolev type aircraft, with 142 seating capacity.
For the inaugural flight yesterday, approximately 70 passengers from Pyongyang arrived at KLIA, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd said in a statement today.
The inclusion of Air Koryo takes the total number of airlines operating at KLIA to 58.
Air Koryo becomes the first airline to introduce direct schedule flights to Pyongyang from Kuala Lumpur.
Air Koryo was founded on Sept 21, 1955 with the name Chosonminhang and was renamed to Air Koryo in March 1992.
Its network covers Beijing and Shenyang in China, Vladivostok and Moscow in Russia, Bangkok, Thailand and now Kuala Lumpur.
- Bernama
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Air Koryo, the national carrier of North Korea, has made its maiden landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
The airline flies twice weekly to Kuala Lumpur from the capital city of Pyongyang, on Mondays and Thursdays, utilising a TU-204 Next Generation Tupolev type aircraft, with 142 seating capacity.
For the inaugural flight yesterday, approximately 70 passengers from Pyongyang arrived at KLIA, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd said in a statement today.
The inclusion of Air Koryo takes the total number of airlines operating at KLIA to 58.
Air Koryo becomes the first airline to introduce direct schedule flights to Pyongyang from Kuala Lumpur.
Air Koryo was founded on Sept 21, 1955 with the name Chosonminhang and was renamed to Air Koryo in March 1992.
Its network covers Beijing and Shenyang in China, Vladivostok and Moscow in Russia, Bangkok, Thailand and now Kuala Lumpur.
- Bernama
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