A week later, this was our transport back to Beijing. Never an easy type to pick up as a ride, it was interesting to make comparisons with contemporary western types. Seemed spacious, comfortable and superficially at least, not far off Airbus standards of quality. One of two in the fleet (the other is the short -300 variant), originally intended for Red Wings but delivered to Air Koryo in 3.10 after engine test-bed work

Newly completed at this time and not so often seen in these original colours as she passed to Kras Air after only a year. More recently became one of Red Wings' first aircraft (5.07)

The Tu-204-300 is a shortened variant of the Tu-204, originally known as Tu-234.