Announcing the arrival of flight JS001 from "The Axis of Evil"

RE: Announcing the arrival of flight JS001 from “The Axis of Evil”

Alastair, at present Air Koryo operates 2 TU134-A3 Regns P813/P814. When I visited the country in 1986 all of the aircraft in the fleet that we saw looked very well cared for, however I don’t think that they have a hard life. The TU134 that we flew on only had seats from the overwing exits foreward, the aft cabin was just curtained off. The IL62 was conventional inside. In 86 it was forbidden to photograph at the airport and I was politely-no really!-discouraged from using my camera in the cabin, though I understand that things are a little easier now. There is an IL62M that operates exclusively
for the leadership of the country and this is easy to spot as it has no titles on the aircraft and I think that it still sports the national flag on the fin as did the the Air Koryo aircraft when they were painted up as CAAK (Civil Aviation Administration of Korea) The inflight service was good and the cabin crew very well “groomed”
Hope this info is helpful.

The future’s bright – the future’s Airbus!

IF62M

RE: Announcing the arrival of flight JS001 from “The Axis of Evil”

She looks is if she is in excellent condition , any interior shots , how many of these do Air Koryo have in service ???

Thanks

Alastair

RE: Announcing the arrival of flight JS001 from “The Axis of Evil”

The fairing houses a communications antenna. Its common to all versions of TU134. If viewed from above there are in fact two in parallel, the TU154 has one located beneath the fuselage. Early versions of IL62 had the same on the foreward upper fuselage as did the IL14.

Tupolevs do it in style!

IF62M

RE: Announcing the arrival of flight JS001 from “The Axis of Evil”

Anybody know what the fairing on top of the fuselage is ???