Air Moldova (IATA code 9U) on Tuesday 28 March launched services from Chisinau to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Flights on the 1,840-kilometre route to Baku are being maintained 3-weekly, departing late on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with the return flight operating on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The service is initially being maintained by a wet-leased SkyUp 737-800 but […]
March 30, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Air Moldova (IATA code 9U) on Sunday 16 October launched service between Chisinau and Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the first time these two airports had been connected. Flights on the 1,400-kilometre route will initially depart the Moldovan capital late on Thursdays and Sundays, with the return flight operating on Fridays and Mondays. From the […]
October 24, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Sharing a border with Ukraine meant that Moldova temporarily closed its airspace for safety reasons when Russian forces attacked Ukraine six months ago. In April, traffic at Chisinau Airport, serving the capital, was still down 60% versus 2019. In May, traffic was down 49%, while in June traffic was still down 29% compared with three […]
August 25, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
FlyOne (IATA code 5F) began scheduled services in June 2016 from Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. Moldova is located between northern Romania and south-west Ukraine. The airline has a fleet of two 180-seat A320s, registration ER-00004 and ER-00005 according to planespotters.net. Its Armenian subsidiary, FlyOne Armenia (IATA code 3F) has two further A320s (ER-00006 and […]
June 23, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Wizz Air launched a new service from its home base in Budapest to Chisinau in Moldova on Tuesday 31 May. The 2-weekly service (Saturday is the other day of operation) faces no competition. In fact, the last time the 735-kilometre route was flown, was March 2012 when Moldavian Airlines served the route daily using Saab […]
June 8, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air Moldova (IATA code 9U) chose Sunday 10 April as the launch date for its new 2-weekly service from Chisinau to Düsseldorf. The 1,680-kilometre route will also be served on Wednesdays and faces no direction competition at present. However, local rival FlyOne plans to resume 2-weekly service on the route on 15 June according to […]
April 21, 2022 | Latest Route News +
HiSky added Milan BGY to its network when it introduced service from both Baia Mare and Targu Mures on 20 December. Both of these new Romanian routes will be served 2-weekly using the airline’s A320s. On Christmas Eve, HiSky added a third new route to Bergamo, from Chisinau in Moldova, also operating 2-weekly. This route […]
January 6, 2022 | Latest Route News +
On Saturday 19 June, HiSky began weekly service between Satu Mare in north-west Romania and Frankfurt. Service on the 1,770-kilometre route will increase to 2-weekly with an additional Monday service from the end of July, according to the airline’s on-line booking tool. The inaugural flight (H4 401 operated by the airline’s A320 registration YR-BEE), departed […]
HiSky (IATA code H4) finally operated its first commercial flight on 5 March 2021 between Chisinau in Moldova and Hurghada in Egypt. The airline had been hoping to start flights last year but this was repeatedly delayed due to the pandemic. HiSky, not to be confused with Hi Fly (IATA code 5K) the Portuguese […]