Here’s North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in his private jet. (HT: @CurtisMelvin)
“It’s good to be the king.” – Mel Brooks
Don’t forget that communist North Korea’s state-owned Air Koryo offers more than one class of service.
Even though he’s not a qualified pilot, the North Korean dictator apparently likes to steer the plane. He reportedly has a private island as well.
While it’s always wise to be skeptical of good news reports coming out of North Korea, it’s possible that some North Koreans are getting new televisions so it may not be all bad.
And this is arguably better than commandeering scheduled commercial aircraft for your travels as happens elsewhere.
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I wonder if Air Koryo will join an alliance soon
Gary, we don’t have a, “Why I still trust Kim Jong Un” post coming, do we?
Why don’t you do a Kickstarter to raise money to fly with him on his private jet?
Looks like a domestic flight.
And it looks like an imposter.
Air China flies Beijing-Pyongyang, I have never seen award availability on that route but it would be quite the frequent flyer accomplishment to get award seats. Then again, Air Koryo is a much more interesting, white glove service experience.
Looks fake. They use living room furniture on a jet?
@Eric M – I’d be afraid of being executed when positioned myself to Pyongyang for the trip! Voluntary charity vs state action and all.
Looks like he’s putting on a few pounds around the mid-section.
Who does his hair?
According to North Korean state owned version of Seat Guru (guru being Kim Jong-un of course), Air Koryo is the best and most luxurious airline in the entire world.
Wondering if that plane has 2 props or 4?
@Erndog, 4-jet IL-62 plane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-62
Fun to joke about N Korea, but I’d bet he has a very nice jet, that this is NOT fake, and that any TVs North Koreans get are entirely filled with propaganda.
how many quarters do you put in to make it shake ?