Premier instructs aviation organizations to intensify operations

Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg met with the heads of the Civil Aviation Authority and MIAT Mongolian Airlines at the weekly meeting Hour of Solution on Wednesday to assign them with duties in their sector.
The government reached a decision last April to establish the National Corporation of Civil Aviation. The corporation will be in charge of air navigation and the servicing of airports and aircraft, responsibilities previously held by the Civil Aviation Authority.
A working group in the Ministry of Roads and Transportation developed the rules and principles of the corporation. The building that housed the Department of Aviation Monitoring and Security will be dedicated to the new corporation.
The longitudinal distance between aircrafts flying in Mongolian airspace has been reduced from 90 kilometers to 30 kilometers, effective April 20. Therefore, the number of flights coming to Mongolia can be increased, reported the head of Civil Aviation Authority Ts.Erdenebileg. According to MIAT Mongolian Airlines Director G.Jargalsaikhan, the number of summer flights will increase compared to last year.
Noting that civil aviation is a significant sector in terms of Mongolia’s economy, key in attracting investors and serving tourists, the Prime Minister asked the meeting attendees to pay more attention to strengthening the sector.
The Prime Minister instructed Ts.Erdenebileg to intensify establishing procedure for the corporation within the Civil Aviation Authority, to increase navigation income, and to work on finding creative new investment sources.
To increase the number of incoming tourists, MIAT should launch new transit services by autumn, stressed the Prime Minister, adding that there is a demand to make a new scheme for the financing of the company’s Boeing airplane, study opportunities to cooperate with large foreign aviation companies, and to cooperate with private companies as well. The Premier also assigned MIAT authorities with developing an initiative to increase passenger numbers and to schedule service to the Ural Siberia region to take advantage of the visa-free travel agreement between Mongolia and Russia.

Source: http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/