MIAT Mongolian Airlines welcomed Mongolia’s flag carrying new Boeing 767-300ER at Chinggis Khaan International Airport at 11 am today, May 15th. The order of the new Boeing was made in 2011 at the US State Department in Washington by the Mongolian Government. This is the first time in more than two decades that the airline extended its route network by purchasing a Boeing airplane.
 
At the delivery ceremony of the new Boeing the Minister of Road and Transportation A.Gansukh and a number of officials attended.

The В-767-300ER is fully-efficient plane for distant flights with 25 business and 195 economy class seats and a capacity for 225 passengers in total and 10-12 tons of luggage. The plane can fly 11,070 km without landing.

A large team of over 40 Mongolian officials headed by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transportation,  B.Batzaya, CEO of Mongolian Airlines MIAT, G.Jargalsaikhan, the Head of the Civil Aviation Authority, S.Buyandalai and officials from the Ministry of Economic  Development and media groups received the key to the new plane in the US yesterday.