CARRIED FREIGHT BY AIR TRANSPORT DOUBLED

Ulaanbaatar, February 3, 2023 /MONTSAME/. The 12.9 thousand tonnes of freight carried by air transportation at the end of 2022, and increased by 6.5 (2.0 times) thousand tonnes compared to the previous year.

According to the National Statistics Office, the total carried domestic freight by air transport reached 24.1 tonnes and increased by 9.0 (59.6%) tonnes compared to the same period of the previous year at the end of 2022. The international freight reached 12 868.8 tonnes and increased by 6 454.7 (2.0 times) thousand tonnes compared to the previous year. In December 2022, carried freight of air transport reached 1216.1 tonnes, which decreased by 181.7  (13.0%) tonnes compared to the previous month. This decrease was due to 180.1 (12.9%) tonnes of decrease in international freight.

In 2022, 952.7 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by air transport. The number of carried passengers increased by 754.1 (4.8 times) thousand compared to the same period of the previous year. In December 2022, the number of passengers by air transport reached 102.0 thousand, which increased by 16.2 (18.9%) thousand compared to the previous month. This increase was mainly due to a rise in passengers to Seoul, Da Nang, Bangkok, Tokyo, Phu Quoc, and Hohhot. In 2022, the total carried domestic passengers by air transport reached 333.8 thousand passengers, increased by 235.5 (3.4 times) thousand passengers compared to the same period of the previous year. This increase was mainly due to an increase of 216.8 thousand passengers from Ulaanbaatar to Оyutolgoi, 6.9 thousand passengers to Tavantolgoi, 6.0 thousand passengers to Khovd, 4.7 thousand passengers to Ulgii and 3.0 thousand passengers to Uliastai.

In 2022, the total carried international passengers reached 619.0 thousand, increased by 518.7 (6.2 times) thousand passengers compared to the same period of the previous year. This increase was mainly due to an increase of 252.8 thousand passengers to Seoul, 83.0 thousand passengers to Istanbul, 42.2 thousand passengers to Tokyo, 41.8 thousand passengers to Frankfurt, 18.7 thousand passengers to Busan, and 11.2 thousand passengers to Hanoi.

At the end of 2022, the revenue from air transport (domestic airline) reached MNT 505.2 billion, which increased by MNT 305.1 (2.5 times) billion compared to the same period of the previous year. In December 2022, the revenue reached MNT 58.7 billion, an increase by MNT 7.9 (15.5%) billion compared to the previous month.