Air Moldova
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| IATA code : | 9U |
| ICAO code : | MLD |
| Call sign : | AIR MOLDOVA |
| Founding: | 1993 |
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Chișinău , Moldova
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| Home airport : | Chisinau airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 572 |
| Management: | Mircea Maleca ( CEO ) |
| Sales: | MDL 2.5 billion (2015) |
| Balance sheet total: | MDL 226.9 million (2015) |
| Passenger volume: | 402,000 (2008) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Air Moldova Club |
| Fleet size: | 6th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.airmoldova.md |
Air Moldova is the national airline of the Republic of Moldova , based in Chișinău and based at Chișinău Airport . It has been owned by the Civil Aviation Group , whose investors are from Moldova and the Romanian Blue Air , since September 2018 .
history
Air Moldova was founded on January 12, 1993 by a presidential decision and emerged from the former Soviet Aeroflot division. It was not until 1995, when the home airport in Chișinău was given the status of an international airport, that regular flight connections with Tupolev Tu-154 could be taken up. Due to the difficult supply situation, including kerosene , only flights to Tel Aviv were carried out.
At the turn of the millennium , the situation improved and with the Embraer EMB 120 and ERJ 145 aircraft from western production were leased for the first time . Flights to Western Europe were also offered and a new corporate design was introduced.
With the receipt of two Airbus A320-200s in 2003/2004, more passengers could be carried. On July 13, 2004, Air Moldova became an IATA member .
In 2010 Air Moldova received the first Embraer 190 , which it had ordered directly from Embraer .
Investigations by the Moldovan public prosecutor's office against the airline have been ongoing since 2019. There is a suspicion of money laundering in the context of privatization in 2018. Mid-October 2019, two aircraft and 38 million dollars seized.
Destinations
Air Moldova serves various European destinations from Chișinău . In German-speaking countries are Frankfurt , Vienna and Geneva served. In addition, Berlin will be served from March 31, 2020 .
fleet
As of August 2020, Air Moldova's fleet consists of six aircraft with an average age of 15.6 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 2 | (0/150) 150 | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | (12/168) 180 | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 1 | (12/208) 220 | ||
| Embraer 190 | 2 | two inactive | (6/108) 114 | |
| total | 6th | - |
Incidents
In its history, Air Moldova recorded an incident with the total loss of an aircraft:
- On August 27, 1996, an Antonov An-2 R ( aircraft registration ER-33647 ) collided with a high-voltage power line while fertilizing a field near Pelinia in Drochia Rajon and crashed. The two inmates were killed.
See also
Web links
- Data on the airline Air Moldova in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Air Moldova website (Romanian, Russian, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b airmoldova.md - Financial reports (English; Romanian), accessed on June 9, 2017
- ↑ Blue Air buys Air Moldova. AeroTelegraph, October 3, 2018.
- ↑ airmoldova.md - History , accessed on June 9, 2017
- ↑ Embraer - Embraer delivers Embraer 190 Jet to Air Moldova, May 10, 2010 (English), accessed June 9, 2017
- ↑ Assets and aircraft confiscated from Air Moldova. AeroTelegraph, October 14, 2019.
- ↑ airmoldova.md - Flight map (English) accessed on March 18, 2018
- ↑ https://www.airliners.de/air-moldova-maerz-chisinau-berlin-schoenefeld/53064
- ^ Air Moldova Fleet Details and History. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report ER-33647 in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 9, 2017.