AKIPRESS.COM - Asiana on July 10 launched flights between Incheon and Ulaanbaatar, ending Korean Air's three-decade monopoly on the lucrative route, The Chosun Ilbo reported.

It will operate three flights a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

In February, Asiana won the rights to the additional flights distributed by the government under a new agreement with Mongolia.

Ulaanbaatar is home to 45 percent of the county's population.