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Country Guide > Asia > Mongolia | |
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Travel - International Air Mongolia’s national airline, MIAT – Mongolian International Air Transport (OM) (website: www.miat.com), operates flights to Ulaanbaatar from Beijing, Berlin, Moscow and Seoul all year round, and to and from Hong Kong and Osaka in the summer months. Other airlines serving Mongolia include Aeroflot, Air China and Korean Air. Approximate flight times To Ulaanbaatar from London is 14 hours including stopovers. International airports Ulaanbaatar (ULN) (Buyant Ukhaa) is 15km (9 miles) from the city. Buses run to the city centre (travel time – 30 minutes). Taxis are also available (travel time – 15 minutes). Airport facilities include a bank, duty free shops, car hire, post office and a restaurant. Departure tax US$12. Rail Ulaanbaatar is linked to the Russian Federation and China by the Trans-Mongolian Railway. An express train runs once a week between Moscow, Ulaanbaatar and Beijing. Trains on international routes have sleeping and restaurant cars. There are also other weekly trains from Ulaanbaatar to Beijing and Ulaanbaatar to Moscow. Note: At present, there are problems reported on buying train tickets to Ulaanbaatar for the Trans-Mongolia train. Although the trains certainly stop in Ulaanbaatar, tickets are only being sold to Chinese or Russian destinations. Therefore, a passenger wishing to travel from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar will have to pay for a ticket to Ulaan Ude, just over the Russian border. The other trains between Moscow and Ulaanbaatar, and Beijing and Ulaanbaatar are unaffected. Road There are several international road links; the principal route is via Irkutsk (East Siberia) to Ulaanbaatar. Travellers are not normally allowed to enter Mongolia by road unless they obtain prior permission from the Mongolian authorities. |