NY Philharmonic- a/c used to get Pyongyang

[Idlewild]

I'm curious if anyone knows how they arrived in Pyongyang. Air Koryo IL-62? A US Government aircraft since it was part of a diplomatic package? Air China? Rail? These are the kinds of questions that keep me awake at night.

[Ari707]

I think I saw Thai airways but not 100% sure

[Iberia A340-600]

I believe it was an Asiana Airlines 747-400 that flew to North Korea via Beijing.

[G-BOAD]

I think Gordon is right. I was watching the BBC and it showed an Asiana 747 New Colors in the background.

[GrummanFan]

I would agree with Asiana. Check out the beginning of the video on the NY Times website... http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=c788285f338ce6c7b05cb10691c7fc3bb5247dd7

[Mateo]

Press reports have it as an Asiana 744 Combi in the new c/s. Flight number was OZ1004, which apparently means "angel" in Korean. The flight wasn't direct from New York, since the orchestra was on tour in Asia beforehand.

[JFKSTHEWAY]

Asiana donated a 747-400 with full crews for them to get to North Korea, suprised Ponyang could handle it! Probably hasn't seen that much of a modern aircraft in 30 or so years!