MIAT - Mongolian Airlines (OM, Ulaanbaatar) has deferred the delivery of two outstanding B737-800s to 2019-2020 Namsraijav Ganbold, the airline's Vice President (Flight Operations), has disclosed.

In an interview with the airline's inflight magazine posted by the AirSoc website, Ganbold said that with the deferment, MIAT would also consider converting the order to B737 MAX jets. Talks are currently ongoing with lessor Air Lease Corporation (ALC) about the conversion. The aircraft were ordered in 2011 along with one B767-300(ER) that has since been delivered.

On MIAT's longhaul future plans, Ganbold said the Mongolian national carrier is currently in talks with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) about the possibility of inducting a B787 into its fleet within the next three to four years. The aircraft would be used in opening up longhaul flights to New York JFK, London, and Singapore Changi, he added.

Currently, MIAT operates three B737-800s and two B767-300(ER)s on flights to China, Germany, Hong Kong, South Korea, Russia, Singapore and Japan.