As part of the liberalization of air transport, the Government has been working toward launching direct flights to the main air transport regions of the world in 2023-2024 and plans to conclude air service agreements with 10 countries.

Minister of Road and Transport Development S. Byambatsogt met with the British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Mongolia Daniel Kawczynski and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Mongolia Philip Malone on April 13 and exchanged views on development tendency in the fields of air transport, railways and roads, and expansion of cooperation between the two countries.

Minister S. Byambatsogt expressed his gratitude to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for paying special attention to its economic cooperation with Mongolia and sending the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to increase trade turnover between the countries and voiced his desire to expand the cooperation in the future.

The Minister said, "The transport sector plays an important role in Mongolia's relations with third countries. Therefore, we plan to establish more air service agreements to increase the number of direct flights. We envision it possible to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement on Air Communications between our two countries during the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany, on May 24-26” and he asked to convey the proposal and support it.

In view of the traffic congestion in the capital city, the Government plans to implement the "Tuul Highway" project, reflecting it in the New Revival Policy. The road and road facilities along the banks of the Tuul River, as well as the road facilities to connect this road to the Ulaanbaatar-Khushig Valley Airport Expressway, will be built under this plan. Briefing about the "Tuul Highway" project and the "New Kharkhorum" project, which started by decree of President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh with a goal to rebuild the capital city of the Mongolian Empire Minister Byambatsogt expressed Mongolia’s interest to cooperate with Germany in developing the feasibility study and designing of a high-speed railway connecting Kharkhorum city with the capital city.

The Ministry of Road and Transport Development informed that the British side had agreed to expand cooperation in trade, economy, and transport sectors and to cooperate in major infrastructure projects.

Mongolia has experience in introducing British advanced technology and know-how in the railway sector. Specifically, products of "Pandrol," a manufacturer of rail fastenings of reinforced concrete sleepers, and "RM&S," a manufacturer of concrete sleepers, were used in a newly built railway in Mongolia. The fastening technology is suitable for the extreme climate of Mongolia and meets the quality requirements. Given that concrete sleepers and fastenings will be required for the projects to construct western and eastern vertical railways and to renovate existing railways, the Mongolian side put forward cooperation proposals.

The Government of Mongolia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been working to expand air transport links since 1997.

1. Aeronautical Authorities of the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 1997. In the Memorandum the two parties agreed that the airlines designated by the Mongolian side may operate up to two services per week in each direction and to grant Mongolia the fifth freedom traffic right on Moscow and Berlin route as well as to designate MIAT, Mongolian National Flag Carrier to operate on Ulaanbaatar-London route. However, MIAT has not operated flights to London due to the shortage of flight fleets and lack of passenger traffic to the European Market.

2. The Government of Mongolia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed an Agreement on Air Services in 2000, agreeing to allow the designated airlines of the two countries to operate flights between Ulaanbaatar and London.

3. During the Air Consultation Meeting between Aeronautical Authorities held in Ulaanbaatar in 2009, both parties agreed to specify Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich as destination points in Germany and granted fifth freedom traffic right to a designated airline of Mongolia to/from London, Paris, Prague and intermediate points of Moscow, Prague.

4. Aeronautical Authorities of the two countries met in London in 2012 and the UK delegation confirmed that the designated airlines of Mongolia may operate Ulaanbaatar-Moscow/Berlin-London with fifth freedom traffic right and agreed on a code-sharing arrangement at the 2013 Air Consultation Meeting.