'Aero Mongolia' is an
airline based in
Ulan Bator,
Mongolia. It operates domestic services to six destinations and international scheduled services to
Hohhot,
Irkutsk and
Ulan-Ude. Its main base is
Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulan Bator.
[1]
History
The airline was established in
2002 and started operations on
25 May 2003. It was established by
MIAT Mongolian Airlines to feed international services by MIAT,
Korean Air,
Air China and
Aeroflot from Ulan Bator. It has 55 employees (at March
2007)
. It received its first
Fokker 50 in December 2002 and received its
Fokker 100 in January
2006. With the arrival of the Fokker 100, Aero Mongolia introduced its first flights to
South Korea. Aero Mongolia leased another Fokker 100 in June 2006. At the end of 2006 the airline started a direct flight route to
Tianjin,
China.
Destinations
Aero Mongolia operates the following services (as of June 2007):
[2]
★
Mongolia
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★
Ulan Bator (
Chinggis Khaan International Airport)
★
★
Choibalsan (
Choibalsan Airport)
★
★
Khovd (
Khovd Airport)
★
★
Oyuutolgoi (
Oyuutolgoi Airport)
★
★
Mörön (
Mörön Airport) (temporarily suspended)
★
★
Ölgii (
Ölgii Airport)
★
★
Ulaangom (
Ulaangom Airport)
★
★
Uliastai/Donoi (
Donoi Airport)
★
China
★
★
Huhhot
★
★
Tianjin
★
Russia
★
★
Irkutsk (
Irkutsk International Airport) (temporarily suspended)
★
South Korea
★
★
Cheongju (temporarily suspended)
Aero Mongolia also operates scheduled
charter flights around Mongolia. According to the company website, the air line is planning to fly to
Kyzyl, the capital of the
Tuva Republic in
Russia, and
Urumqi, the capital of
Xinjiang Autonomous Region in
China.
Fleet
The Aero Mongolia fleet includes the following aircraft (as of
June 2007):
★ 2
Fokker 50
★ 2
Fokker 100
External links
★
Aero Mongolia
★
Aero Mongolia Fleet
References
1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Flight schedule, retrieved June 12th, 2007