The Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier
airline of Turkey has launched the new direct flight in route
Ulaanbaatar-Bishkek-Istanbul. 

A Boeing 737-800 plane of the very
first flight of the Turkish Airlines to Ulaanbaatar city landed on Tuesday, on
June 28, 2012 in the Chingis Khaan international airport.

The flight will be performed three
times a week in accordance with the cooperation memorandum established on April
27, 2012 by S.Batmonkh, a head of the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia
(CAA) and by Bahri Kesici, a deputy director-general of the Directorate General
of Civil Aviation at the Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Communication. The
same day, the Turkish Airlines opened its representative office in Ulaanbaatar
city.