Aero Mongolia

Infobox_Airline
airline=Aero Mongolia
logo=Aero-Mongolia logo.jpg
logo_size=120
fleet_size=4
destinations=14
IATA=M0
ICAO=MNG
callsign=AERO MONGOLIA
parent=Aero Mongolia
founded=2002
headquarters= Ulan Bator, Mongolia
key_people= B. Baatarsuren, President
hubs=Chinggis Khaan International Airport (ULN)
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=
lounge= Unknown
alliance= None
website= http://www.aeromongolia.mn|

Aero Mongolia was an airline based in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. It operated domestic services to six destinations and international scheduled services to Hohhot, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude. Its main base was Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulan Bator.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 46 | date= 2007-03-27]

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.

On 31 October 2007, Mongolian aviation authorities suspended Aero Mongolia flights temporarily after the airline failed safety checks. [cite web |url=http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=816&Itemid=0 | title=Aero Mongolia flights stopped | date=2007-11-01 | work=Ulan Bator Post] But in the first quarter of 2008 Aero Mongolia has received the license to fly in domestic routes. Now currently using 2 Fokker 50's which were modificated in 2008 in Germany.

Destinations

Aero Mongolia operated the following services (as of June 2007): [ [http://www.aeromongolia.mn/index.php?module=menu&sub=0&cmd=content&menu_id=36&smid=34 Flight schedule] , retrieved June 12th, 2007]

*Mongolia
**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)

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.

Past Destinations

*South Korea
**Cheongju: operated from Feb 24 2006 to Sep 29 2006 temporarily suspended

Fleet

The Aero Mongolia fleet included the following aircraft (as of 8 June 2008):

*2 Fokker 50
*2 Fokker 100

External links

* [http://www.aeromongolia.mn/ Aero Mongolia]

References