MIAT Mongolian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, bearing the registration number767-300ER.
Previously, the aircraft was registered as B-20AF and was operated by Suparna Airlines, which withdrew it from use in August 2022, storing it at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). It was moved to Haikou Meilan International Airport in May 2023, before it finally landed at Chinggis Khan International Airport and was transferred to MIAT Mongolian Airlines.
Boeing delivered the aircraft to Suparna Airlines in July 2019.
On August 7, 2023, the airline signed an agreement for a long-term lease of two Boeing 787-9s with AerCap. The airline is expecting delivery of the second aircraft in Q1 2023.
MIAT Mongolian Airlines said that its initial routes using the 787-9 would be to Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany, Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey, and Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN), South Korea. There are also plans to use the aircraft to operate flights to the US.