Russian and Mongolian airlines expressed interest in launching new flights

Russian and Mongolian airlines regularly show interest in launching new flights, Russian Ambassador to Mongolia Alexei Yevsikov told Izvestia in an interview.

"There are regular reports about the interest of airlines of the two countries in launching new flights between Ulaanbaatar and Russian cities. Recently, for example, it became known that one Mongolian private airline plans to operate flights from the Mongolian capital to Novosibirsk, Vladivostok and Irkutsk," he said.

The topic of expanding the geography of flights of Russian and Mongolian airlines and especially the resumption of direct flights between Moscow and Ulaanbaatar is also on the agenda of negotiations between the transport departments of our countries, the ambassador added.

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