MIAT could soon fly to United States

Back in 2019, Mongolia’s national airline, MIAT Mongolian, began the process of filing with the Department of Transportation (DOT) for launching flights to the United States. While plans for this were announced a few years ago, the reason this hasn’t started yet is because MIAT Mongolian had ordered a Boeing 787-9, partly to be able to expand into long haul markets. This aircraft delivery is coming to fruition, and the plane should join MIAT’s fleet soon. The aircraft has been performing test flights in Charleston, and has the registration code JU-1789.

While the airline hasn’t formally revealed where it plans to fly to, the leading theory is that the carrier would operate between Ulaanbaatar (ULN) and Los Angeles (LAX), which is a 6,148-mile journey. Since the airline only has one Boeing 787 on order, presumably frequencies would be less than daily.

MIAT Mongolian is moving forward with preparations for launching flights to the United States, ahead of the national carrier taking delivery of its new Boeing 787-9. The airline currently operates a fleet of five planes, including four Boeing 737s and one Boeing 767.