Recently, United Airlines announced an incredible international expansion for the summer of 2025, whereby the airline is adding eight new destinations. What makes this so cool is how far-flung some of the new destinations are. If you ask me, the two coolest new routes are to Nuuk, Greenland, and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Another factor is that Miat Mongolia announced that it intended (to take the regulatory steps required) to fly to San Francisco, with its newly ordered 787s.
This was then followed by a delay, and temporary lease of the aircraft to Riyadh Air for promotional purposes, so who knows to what extent they'll follow through.
I'm speculating that Mongolians in SFO+LAX (the two largest such populations in the country) constitute a not-insignificant portion of UA's Asian connections, and that they'd prefer to keep it that way
Strongly doubt it will overfly North Korea as depicted on your map! Mongolia is becoming a popular new destination for Aussies and Kiwis
With DJT back in office soon, we might see better relations with rocket man soon; overflight of the DPRK will be no problems. And FNJ-IAD on the Il-62 will soon become reality as well.
Still waiting for the schedule of the NRT-ROR nonstop that was part of the same route expansion announcement back in October... Any updates on that?
but Ben why are you commending an airline for trying something cool and adventurous- think about the potential loss of PROFIT!!!!!!!!!!!! The potential loss of shareholder value!!!!!!!!!!
That would be awesome if this route remained long-term. Only went to Palau once back in the early 2000s, and by far the best diving I've ever done. Would love to go back.
I wonder if there's any easy way to fly from Guam... I hope to do the Island Hopper in a few years when my son is older.
UlaanBaatar is not exactly a fancy destination (been there, done that), but mining is big in Mongolia, so that flights certainly can make sense. Also it’s a good alternative to going via Moscow, which is not the most popular transit point for westerners these days.
Tokyo-Narita may be United's new Asian hub after Delta left Tokyo for Seoul. Mongolia is high up in elevation and I don't think it would do well unless there is American military presence. I do know Japanese government is invested a lot money into the Ulaanbaatar Airport and Koreans are investing in retail sector like convenient stores, supermarkets. Many Mongolians will fly to Korea for study and work not in Japan. It 's a nice visit during the summer.