*** Welcome to piglix ***

Moldavian Airlines

Moldavian Airlines
Moldavian Airlines logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
2M MDV MOLDAVIAN
Founded 1994
Ceased operations 2014 (Still operating)
Operating bases Chişinău International Airport
Fleet size 5
Destinations Charter
Parent company Carpatair
Headquarters Chişinău, Moldova
Website mdv.md

Moldavian Airlines was an airline with its head office on the property of Chişinău International Airport in Chişinău in Moldova. It operated scheduled international services from Chişinău to destinations in Romania and Italy. Its main base was Chişinău International Airport.

Moldavian Airlines was established on 26 July 1994 and started operations on 19 August 1994. It was the first private airline in Moldova. It became a joint Swiss-Moldovan company in November 1999, forming a partnership with Carpatair, a regional airline based in Romania. The Moldavian Airlines air operator's certificate permitted the transport of passengers, goods and mail (at July 2007).

In 2005, Moldavian Airlines transported 91,200 passengers. In 2006, 89,200 passengers were transported. In 2007 50,000 passengers were transported to Budapest. In 2008 the passenger number declined to 45,700 passengers.

Moldavian airlines still operates charter and rarely scheduled flights to European destinations.

Moldavian Airlines carried out flights for Carpatair, a Romanian airline based at Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport.

The Moldavian Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of May 2014):

Saab 2000

Yakovlev Yak-40

Moldovian Airlines has also operated the following aircraft which have since been retired from active service:


...
Wikipedia

...