I doubt that’s the real reason behind opening this route. Russia has been sending North Korean troops to fight in Ukraine for them, and Moscow is a good transportation hub for this kind of operations
Granted the scale is very different but the US sent thousands upon thousands of active duty assignments to the Middle East via commercial airlines. It was simply the most efficient way to transport troops. The dedicated transports were for critical personnel and equipment mostly. I knew several people personally who did multiple rotations over the years, every flight was commercial.
There are hundreds of transatlantic flights per day. Maybe per hour in peak times.
Here we are talking about one per month.
Russia is losing more than a thousand personnel per day in Ukraine, even a full commercial jet with 300 soldiers once a month is not going to make a difference.
probably a lot of business too. I doubt they’re trading rubles and won (does NK use won?) as much as technical knowledge, commodities, electronics, gas and industrial equipment.
it’s probably a good way to connect Russian oligarchs and tycoons with NK elites and bureaucrats. take tours, schmooze, fall out of windows enjoy the fresh air of Mt. Paektu.
I doubt that’s the real reason behind opening this route. Russia has been sending North Korean troops to fight in Ukraine for them, and Moscow is a good transportation hub for this kind of operations
They have military transports, they don’t need a commercial flight to move troops. Especially not a monthly one.
Granted the scale is very different but the US sent thousands upon thousands of active duty assignments to the Middle East via commercial airlines. It was simply the most efficient way to transport troops. The dedicated transports were for critical personnel and equipment mostly. I knew several people personally who did multiple rotations over the years, every flight was commercial.
There are hundreds of transatlantic flights per day. Maybe per hour in peak times.
Here we are talking about one per month.
Russia is losing more than a thousand personnel per day in Ukraine, even a full commercial jet with 300 soldiers once a month is not going to make a difference.
It’s how i went to iraq/kuwait. Commercial flight with the most of the battery hq to get there and back and commercial flights for leave.
I agree and it’s probably not for moving troops but generals and higher ups in the military to make planning and negotiations easier.
probably a lot of business too. I doubt they’re trading rubles and won (does NK use won?) as much as technical knowledge, commodities, electronics, gas and industrial equipment.
it’s probably a good way to connect Russian oligarchs and tycoons with NK elites and bureaucrats. take tours, schmooze,
fall out of windowsenjoy the fresh air of Mt. Paektu.