MIAT Mongolian Airlines

I am amazed to hear everyone commenting on flights leaving on time. In four years I have never been on a MIAT flight to or from Mongolia that has left on time. Time delays range from 20 minutes to 20 hours and have tended to lean towards an hour or so. I always allow a good delay for my connecting flights on the other end and more than once I have had to reschedule those flights anyway. Admittedly the service food and aircraft are improving in recent years but I still don't count on "on- time" departures.

Beijing to UB many times on MIAT Mongolian. The flights were fine food was good and they were on time. The equal to or better than Air China.

I recently flew with MIAT from Berlin Tegel (TXL) to Ulaanbaator (ULN) and then the return leg with a transfer in Moscow (SVO). Outbound flight (Thursday) was only a third full so there plenty of room to spread out however inbound flight (Sunday) was full. Flights were on time aircraft clean cabin crew polite food above average and service good. In-flight magazine was excellent - interesting and informative articles. Landings were very unsteady! Leave plenty of time for check- in though.

I have not seen any reviews to date for MIAT Mongolian Airlines who I think provide an excellent connection from Western Europe (Berlin) to Ulaanbaatar. My colleagues and I have used them several times over the past three years - they fly an Airbus 310 twice weekly from TXL to ULN via SVO. Business Class seating is 2-3-2 legroom OK food and drink good service very friendly and attentive. We've looked at various flight options and this one gets our preference almost every time