Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
In an inhouse interview with MIAT Mongolian Airlines Inflight Magazine which Sayacinta - Airpost managed to receive a hardcopy from Ulaanbaatar during the week of ITB Berlin 2015, N. Ganbold, the Vice President of MIAT Mongolian Airlines revealed that the airline plans to launch summer flights to new cities and add new aircraft types.
By June 2015, MIAT Mongolian Airlines will conduct summer flights from Ulaanbaatar to Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg in Siberia, besides operating all-year round regular flights to Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo-Narita, Tokyo-Haneda and Hong Kong. Now Mongolia is embracing for higher influxes of passengers from Russia and countries affliated to the European Union since they do not require any entry visa to visit the country.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is mulling temporary flights from Ulaanbaatar to Hovd.
Direct flights to Frankfurt will resume in summer while flights to Singapore which have been suspended after 4 March 2015 may be operated on a seasonal intermittent basis subject to operation requirements and commercial market demand.
Commenting on its scheduled flights to Singapore via Beijing, Ganbold said the airline aims to capture a travel market of travellers from the US and Asia that transit in Singapore. However the current Chinggis Khaan International Airport of Ulaanbaatar has small capacity and cannot handle continuous influxes of passengers from Southeast Asia without controlling fuel prices. He said Ulaanbaatar can only be a hub airport once the new bigger international airport in Khishigtlin Khundii has completed construction which will likely attract new competitors and lower fuel prices for aircraft landings in Ulaanbaatar.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines' competitor Hunnu Air recently ceased international flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Suvarnabhumi, Tokyo and Paris. These cancellations have spiked fuel prices for aircraft landings in Ulaanbaatar despite the fall in international fuel prices.
Ganbold admits that the national flag carrier is operating flights to Singapore at a loss but he admits some new destinations like Singapore and Frankfurt take years to develop new travel markets and to have more passengers.
Ganbold said MIAT Mongolian Airlines is conducting feasibility studies to operate scheduled flights to Busan, Suvarnabhumi, London and New York in the medium term and long run.
Meanwhile, MIAT Mongolian Airlines which received its leased Boeing B737-800 aircraft from Air Lease Corporation in May 2014 has deferred purchases of two B737-800NG aircraft from 2016 to 2019-2020. These two aircraft may be substituted with the B737MAX aircraft.
On operating long distance flights to destinations such as Frankfurt, Singapore, London and New York, MIAT Mongolian Airlines is discussing with Boeing on inducting a Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet within three to four years.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is officially conferred National Flag Carrier status in 2013 according to Mongolia's State policy for civil air transportation. It distributes new aircraft postcards of its current fleet which comprises of B767-300ER and B737-800 jets and its company profile at ITB Berlin 2015. It aims to upgrade its customer satisfaction level to Skytrax 4 star Airline ranking this year.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
In an inhouse interview with MIAT Mongolian Airlines Inflight Magazine which Sayacinta - Airpost managed to receive a hardcopy from Ulaanbaatar during the week of ITB Berlin 2015, N. Ganbold, the Vice President of MIAT Mongolian Airlines revealed that the airline plans to launch summer flights to new cities and add new aircraft types.
By June 2015, MIAT Mongolian Airlines will conduct summer flights from Ulaanbaatar to Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg in Siberia, besides operating all-year round regular flights to Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo-Narita, Tokyo-Haneda and Hong Kong. Now Mongolia is embracing for higher influxes of passengers from Russia and countries affliated to the European Union since they do not require any entry visa to visit the country.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is mulling temporary flights from Ulaanbaatar to Hovd.
Direct flights to Frankfurt will resume in summer while flights to Singapore which have been suspended after 4 March 2015 may be operated on a seasonal intermittent basis subject to operation requirements and commercial market demand.
Commenting on its scheduled flights to Singapore via Beijing, Ganbold said the airline aims to capture a travel market of travellers from the US and Asia that transit in Singapore. However the current Chinggis Khaan International Airport of Ulaanbaatar has small capacity and cannot handle continuous influxes of passengers from Southeast Asia without controlling fuel prices. He said Ulaanbaatar can only be a hub airport once the new bigger international airport in Khishigtlin Khundii has completed construction which will likely attract new competitors and lower fuel prices for aircraft landings in Ulaanbaatar.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines' competitor Hunnu Air recently ceased international flights to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Suvarnabhumi, Tokyo and Paris. These cancellations have spiked fuel prices for aircraft landings in Ulaanbaatar despite the fall in international fuel prices.
Ganbold admits that the national flag carrier is operating flights to Singapore at a loss but he admits some new destinations like Singapore and Frankfurt take years to develop new travel markets and to have more passengers.
Ganbold said MIAT Mongolian Airlines is conducting feasibility studies to operate scheduled flights to Busan, Suvarnabhumi, London and New York in the medium term and long run.
Meanwhile, MIAT Mongolian Airlines which received its leased Boeing B737-800 aircraft from Air Lease Corporation in May 2014 has deferred purchases of two B737-800NG aircraft from 2016 to 2019-2020. These two aircraft may be substituted with the B737MAX aircraft.
On operating long distance flights to destinations such as Frankfurt, Singapore, London and New York, MIAT Mongolian Airlines is discussing with Boeing on inducting a Dreamliner aircraft to its fleet within three to four years.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines is officially conferred National Flag Carrier status in 2013 according to Mongolia's State policy for civil air transportation. It distributes new aircraft postcards of its current fleet which comprises of B767-300ER and B737-800 jets and its company profile at ITB Berlin 2015. It aims to upgrade its customer satisfaction level to Skytrax 4 star Airline ranking this year.
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