Quoting David Ross <damiross@earthlink.net>: > This comes out to abou 20.5 years per aircraft. Even if you assume the > two > oldest IL-62's are operated for the government, then the age is still > over > 20 years. 20.5 years? Younger than even some "Western" fleets by the looks of it. A guy in Beijing who travels to Pyongyang and North Korean cities a few times a year (all by Air Koryo) says that the Air Koryo fleet is one of the biggest expenses faced by the North Korean government. Not just running costs, but the North Koreans spend an absolute shitload of money each year on keeping the aircraft in tip-top condition...again, better than some "western" fleets. The last incident with an Air Koryo/Chosonminhang/CAAK aircraft was in 1983 when an Il-62 crashed into mountains in Guinea. (Don't suppose anyone has a JS timetable from that period, who could tell us if JS used to fly to CKY?) Cheers Scotty