Ulaanbaatar
Air transport revenue spikes in August
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first eight months of this year, 12449.1 thousand tons of freight and 1805.3 thousand people (double counting) were carried by railway. Compared with the same period of the previous year, the amount of freight increased by 272.1 thousand tons (2.2 %) and the number of passengers decreased by 168.6 thousand (8.5 %).
The railway transport revenue in the first eight months of this year reached MNT 272.8 billion, reflecting increase of MNT 23.2 billion (9.3%) compared with the end of August, 2015.
In August, 1719.8 thousand tons of freight and 251.0 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by railway. The amount of freight rose by 147.0 thousand tons (9.3%), while the number of carried passengers fell by 9.9 thousand (3.8%). The railway transport revenue also dropped by MNT 1.4 billion (3.5%) and totaled MNT 39.1 billion.
As for air transport, it carried 2013.1 tons of freight and 459.9 thousand passengers (double counting) in the first eight months of 2016. The amount of carried freight increased by 164.4 tons (8.9%) and the number of carried passengers -- by 27.1 thousand (6.3%), compared with the same period of 2015.
The air transport revenue so far this year reached MNT 198.8 billion, representing growth of MNT 21.2 billion or 11.9 percent compared with the same period of the previous year.
In August, 291.5 thousand tons of freight and 93.4 thousand passengers (double counting) were carried by air. Compared with July, the amount of carried freight fell by 1.5 thousand tons or 0.5 percent, whereas the number of carried passengers reached 93.4 thousand, which shows increase of 11.2 thousand or by 13.6 percent. The air transport revenue reached MNT 41.4 billion, indicating growth of MNT 1.3 billion or 3.2 percent.
