WINTER FLIGHT SCHEDULE APPROVED

Upon discussion of the flight requests submitted by foreign and domestic air transporters, the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAAM) approved the Winter Flight Schedule for the period from October, 2023 to March 30, 2024.

In accordance with the international schedule of take-off and landing flights, flights of 14 domestic and foreign air carriers to 19 destinations are planned for the winter season of 2023-2024. The total planned flights have increased by 35.5 percent compared to the pre-pandemic period of 2019 and by 61.5 percent compared to 2022. The number of flights of the MIAT state-owned JSC raised by 133.3 percent, and the number of flights of Aero Mongolia LLC increased by 13 percent compared to the previous year, reports the CAAM.

Compared to the last winter season, Krasavia and IrAero Airlines of Russia, Jeju Air of the Republic of Korea, and VietJet Air, the Vietnamese private company, have been added to the flight schedule for the winter season of 2023-2024. It is also planned to launch new flights to Vietnam's Nha Trang, and China's Manchuria and Hailar.

MIAT JSC plans to fly to a total of ten destinations, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Phuket, and Moscow, and Hunnu Air LLC is planning to fly to three destinations, in it Hailar and Manchuria.

As for the local destinations, the two air transporters will operate domestic flights. MIAT JSC is scheduled to fly to Dornod, Khovd, Gobi-Altai, Uvs, Zavkhan, Bayan-Ulgii, Khuvsgul, and Dalanzadgad in Umnugobi, and Aero Mongolia LLC is scheduled to fly in the directions of Bayan-Ulgii, Khovd and Khuvsgul.

SOURCE: MONTSAME