Air Koryo is a Korean airlines and its full form is Air Koryo Korean Airways. It is the publicly owned national airline of Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea, which is established in Pyongyang. It arranges international services and also charter flights to aim different parts of Asia and also Africa. It is established at Sunan International Airport in the Sunan, a town to the north of Pyongyang. In the district of Sunan, Pyongyang the head office of the Air Koryo is situated. And it has few other offices located in Macau, Toronto, Berlin, Mexico City, Shenyang, Bangkok, Beijing, and Moscow. Well it has several sales agencies too near Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Singapore and Vladivostok.
The airline was founded in the year 1954 and its operation started in the year 1955. Officially it was known as CAAK i.e. Chosonminhang Korean Airways. However this airline ensued SOKAO the united soviet North Korean airline which was created in the year 1950.
The initial regular charter flights connecting North Korea as well as South Korea started in the year 2002. In the year 2002 the first Air Koryo flight touched the ground of South Korea which carried North Korean Diplomatic delegation to have talks with some of the South Korean Delegations. Air koryo is actually looking for some makeover of their fleets. Their aging will be replaced by the new aircrafts which would be totally Russian made. However new low floor buses which run on the airport have also been bought by the Air Tokyo.