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'World's worst airline' launches world's worst booking site
CNN ^ | 26 October, 2012

Posted on 10/24/2013 6:27:04 PM PDT by Gamecock

North Korea's national carrier Air Koryo, which has the lowest airline rating on Skytrax, has discovered the Internet.

The state-owned company -- regarded by some as the "world's worst airline" -- recently launched a bilingual website (www.airkoryo.com.kp) to provide travelers with "easier, quicker, reliable booking and ticketing services," according to Air Koryo. Air Koryo's new ticket booking system reinforces the company's less-than-brilliant reputation.

After multiple trials to book a one-way ticket from Shengyang to Pyongyang, we failed to secure any reservation. Instead, we ended up with this message day after day: “We cannot find any flights for your flight schedule. Please change your schedule and try again.”

(Excerpt) Read more at travel.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: airkoryo; airline; booking; korea; koryo; nkorea; northkorea; site; travel
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1 posted on 10/24/2013 6:27:04 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

Is this CNN trying to distract us from Healthcare.gov?


2 posted on 10/24/2013 6:28:33 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Gamecock
Here's the Alpha team that could come and fix 0bamacare.

4 posted on 10/24/2013 6:29:03 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Gamecock

Note to self: Don’t ever take a North Korean airliner.


5 posted on 10/24/2013 6:29:17 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Nah. This was published a year ago. I think I have discovered who wrote the code for 0bamacare though!


6 posted on 10/24/2013 6:29:21 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists take the stand: "There is no God AND I hate Him.")
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To: Gamecock

I thought from the title that it would be an outfit named Obama Air.


7 posted on 10/24/2013 6:29:33 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Gamecock

I was so certain “airline” was a metaphorical reference to our government.


8 posted on 10/24/2013 6:29:48 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: Gamecock
DO NOT come hungry!
9 posted on 10/24/2013 6:31:39 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: NittanyLion
I was so certain “airline” was a metaphorical reference to our government.

Isn't that more like "airhead?"

10 posted on 10/24/2013 6:32:55 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Jet Jaguar; SandRat; All

I didn’t know North Korea have airliner LOL!


11 posted on 10/24/2013 6:33:18 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Mark17
WHY? Look at the well appointed interiors!


12 posted on 10/24/2013 6:33:33 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists take the stand: "There is no God AND I hate Him.")
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To: Gamecock

North Korea even started a cruise ship.... wait, has that rusty thing sank yet?


13 posted on 10/24/2013 6:33:51 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: JPG

dog meat burger?


14 posted on 10/24/2013 6:34:40 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Gamecock

Worse than United??? That would be difficult.


15 posted on 10/24/2013 6:35:01 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: Gamecock; KC_Lion

hahaha


16 posted on 10/24/2013 6:35:21 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Gamecock

And it still works better then Obamacare.


17 posted on 10/24/2013 6:35:57 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Gamecock

No doubt a real thing of beauty.


18 posted on 10/24/2013 6:36:02 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: JPG

What is that???


19 posted on 10/24/2013 6:36:26 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Gamecock

How is your grass and tree bark appetizer?

Coffee, Tea, or smuggle me out of here?


20 posted on 10/24/2013 6:36:44 PM PDT by posterchild
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