Good morning from Ulaanbaatar, as I just flew MIAT Mongolian Airlines Boeing 787-9 business class on the eight hour flight from Frankfurt to Ulaanbaatar, as part of my current review trip.
Continue reading: MIAT Mongolian 787 Business Class: Basic But Pleasant
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
Lucky - Unless you’re a couple days behind on your reviews…. You missed a 4.8 Earthquake in Tokyo on Sunday (JST) which was easily felt at Haneda. Kinda wild feeling a terminal building sway like that yet everything continues operating as normal.
Looking forward to your updates on the -1000!!
But it’s not like Air France or Lufthansa, where they’re competing fiercely. MIAT Mongolian doesn’t have to offer the world’s best business class, because the airline doesn’t operate in terribly competitive markets.
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But it’s not like Air France, where they’re competing fiercely. MIAT Mongolian like Lufthansa, doesn’t have to offer the world’s best business class, because the airline doesn’t operate in terribly competitive markets.
Choosing seafood from catering out of Frankfurt is one thing, but would you have made the same choice out of Ulaanbaatar?
@ Victor -- Hah, no, that's an airport out of which I probably wouldn't choose seafood...
Mongolia is a landlocked country so there is no fresh seafood available but imports. Mongolia is a close neighbor of Russia and China. It is how Russia exports much of its oil in black market to avoid the West embargo. We spent three nights living with a local family in mid-October. In rural areas, Mongolians live without running water or electricity. They use small solar panels to power their homes. Not the lifestyle that more than 95% of your readers would want to experience. It is quite silly for the customs officials to ask us the address of where we'd stay when they know damp well there is no physical address in Mongolia. LA traffic congestion pales compared to Ulaanbaatar gridlock. People still wait for buses to go home after work at 9PM. We booked with Blue Wolf Travel for our excursion in Mongolia.
That has to be most long-winded unrelated-to-the-article word salad post ever...
You are a brave person. That airspace just north and east of Belarus is regularly shared with Ukrainian drones on their way to Moscow and St Petersburg.
Timely review to read.. On an upcoming trip going round the world going from ICN to Europe, MIAT came up of course for Business Class at a fair price but the times weren't amazing on the day I needed, though it did have a more than 24 hour layover in Ulaanbaatar. But Air Astana had a Business fare for only about $300 more with a fairly good stopover so went with that option.
I think MIAT opening up service to the US is going to be huge.
How do you say "you're fired" in Mongolian? Are they hiring?
And do they have an extradition treaty with the US?
I will be doing the same route next month and very excited for the trip. But one question if you could reply with is do you need any sort of visa to transfer in Mongolia or just check in with my passport?
May I please kindly ask whether you can access the lounge in FRA with MIAT business tickets? Or is it restricted ?