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.
There are estimated to be under 20,000 Mongolian Americans, so that’s hardly a large population for establishing air service.
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