Ulaanbaatar
Flights over Mongolian territory decreased by about 50 percent
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Due to the international situation,
the number of international flights over the Mongolian territory have decreased
by 50 percent, said S. Munkhnasan, chief of the Civil Aviation Authority.
At the Cabinet meeting on March 2, he introduced about the
establishment of air freight logistics center and improvement of air freight circulation.
At the press briefing following the cabinet meeting, he said, “In 2019 there
were about 500 flights a day flying over the territory of Mongolia, but fell to
150 during the pandemic. It rose back to
about 200 flights at the end of last month, but has fallen by about 50 percent
in the last three days, which connects with restrictions on airspace by
countries.
