For the fourth year in a row, North Korean airline Air Koryo has been ranked as the world’s worst airline, achieving a one star rating out of a possible five.
Skytrax, the aviation decider that also picks the world’s best airlines, has done its research, and deemed the North Korean carrier a bit of a dud.
Of the 600 carriers assessed by aviation consultancy Skytrax, none achieved as low a score the secret state’s national airline, per reports from eTN.
But just how bad is it to fly with the airline?
Reports of luggage being weighed by hand, in-flight entertainment dedicated solely to Kim Jong-un and aircraft dating back to the 1960s suggest it’s not exactly a trip to Disneyland.
However, in a show of the airline beating the lowest expectations, some reviews of the carrier on the internet aren’t quite as bad as you’d imagine.
The airline’s average customer rating on Skytrax’s website is an adequate 6.0 out of 10 and of the 41 users to have left reviews, 24 said they would recommend flying Air Koryo. Hilariou
While Koryo Air was the worst with a rating of just one star, there are others whose ratings indicate, according to Skytrax, “a lower quality performance, below the industry quality average across many of the rating sectors.”
In no particular order, these are some of the other worst airlines in the world:
- Bahamasair – Bahamas – 2/10
- Biman Bangladesh – Bangladesh – 5/10
- Bulgaria Air – Bulgaria – 6/10
- Cubana Airlines – Cuba – 4/10
- Iran Air – Iran – 5/10
- Lion Air – Indonesia – 4/10
- Nepal Airlines – Nepal – 5/10
- Onur Air – Turkey – 5/10
- Pegasus Airlines – Turkey – 5/10
- Ryanair – Ireland – 5/10
- Rossiya Airlines – Russia – 5/10
- SmartWings – Czech Republic – 5/10
- Spirit Airlines – USA – 3/10
- Sudan Airways – Sudan – 1/10 (from only one review)
- Syrianair – Syria – 2/10
- Turkmenistan Airlines – Turkmenistan – 4/10
- Ukraine Int’l Airlines – Ukraine – 5/10
