Mongolia suspends all charter flights planned for November www.news.mn
(11 November), the National Emergency Commission decided to suspend all charter flights scheduled to be conducted in November to repatriate Mongolians stranded in pandemic hit regions. According to Deputy Prime Minister Ya. Sodbaatar, all flights will be suspended for an indefinite period until the government takes control of local transmission cases which started with a truck driver who was confirmed having coronavirus infection after leaving an isolation center.
Mongolia repatriated over 160 of its nationals yesterday from Tokyo with charter flight by MIAT, Mongolian airlines. The airline is conducting another flight to Seoul today (12 November) for passengers who applied to go to South Korea; however, it returned without any passengers – just but medical equipment.
Subsequently, the following charter flights are now suspended:
-to Seoul on 13, 18, 20 and 27 November
-to Frankfurt on 19 November
-to Tokyo on 25 November.
Published Date:2020-11-13