Air Moldova
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| Air Moldova | ||
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| IATA 9U | ICAO MLD |
Callsign Air Moldova<ref>Airline Codes</ref> |
| Founded | 1993 | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Chişinău International Airport</td></tr>|
| Fleet size | 10 | |
| Destinations | 12 | |
| Headquarters | Chişinău | |
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| Website: http://www.airmoldova.md | ||
Air Moldova is an airline based in Chişinău, Moldova. It is the national airline of Moldova and operates scheduled services to destinations in Europe. Its main base is Chişinău International Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established and started operations in 1993 on the basis of the local Aeroflot unit. It is 100% owned by the Republic of Moldova.
In 2001 Air Moldova leased Embraer 120 and 145 jets. It took delivery of its second Airbus A320 in February 2004. The last Tupolev Tu-154B ER-85285 was destroyed on July 5, 2006. The 2 Yakovlev Yak-42 went back to Russia in late 2003 and 2004. In 2003 the aircraft livery and the corporate logo were changed. On July 13 2004 Air Moldova became an IATA member. On December 15 2004 Air Moldova started its frequent flyer programme, Air Moldova Club.
Out of 343.000 air passengers in 2005 in Moldova, 251.800 were transported by Air Moldova.
For the fleet renewal 93.1 million Moldovian Lei (about 6 Million Euro) will be transferred in 2006 to Air Moldova from the state budget.
[edit] Services
Air Moldova operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (at August 2006): Athens, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kiev Larnaca, Lisbon, Moscow, Paris (starts December 12,2006), Prague, Rome and Vienna. In summer regular charter flights to Antalya take place.
Air Moldova discontinued its services to Amsterdam, Bishkek, Dnepropetrovsk and Madrid.
[edit] Fleet
The Air Moldova fleet includes the following aircraft (at October 2006):
- 2 Airbus A320-200 – since 21 September 2003 and 16 February 2004
- 1 Antonov An-24 registration ER-46508 (used for the Kiev flight)
- 1 Antonov An-26 registration ER-46685 and 47698
- 1 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia – first since 12 October 2001, the 2nd flew only between 23 April 2004 and 26 March 2005 for Air Moldova
- 4 Tupolev Tu-134A<ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> – registrations ER-65094, 65140, 65707 and 65791 (also used by government)
- 1 Yakovlev Yak-40 – registration ER-YGD (government aircraft, sometimes used by MLD)
Mainly flights are operated with the Airbus and Embraer aircraft. When one of the Airbus is in maintenance, has heavy delay or assigned for charter flights, a Tupolev Tu-134 is operating the Moscow and Istanbul flights. The Yak-40 is replacing the Embraer 120 (e.g. to Prague or Vienna) when that aircraft is in maintenace.
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