Moldova's civil aviation authority prohibited Air Moldova and other national carriers from restarting Russia flights !

Moldova's civil aviation authority has prohibited Air Moldova and other national carriers from restarting flights between Chisinau and Moscow.

Earlier , Air Moldova had announced that it will resume flights to Moscow starting 1st October , following a seven-month suspension due to Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Air Moldova statements read,

Air Moldova airline will resume operating flights to Moscow starting with October 1, after their cessation in February 2022.

This decision comes as a result of countless requests from the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, who are in the Russian Federation and want to return home.

Air Moldova faced cirticism on it's plan to restart Russia Operation , many termed the Airline as "Terrorism Sponsor" , many  .

The carrier further added ,

"At the same time, the decision to resume flights is due to the requests of passengers to use the tickets purchased during the pandemic period and after the cessation of flights in February.

These circumstances have created difficulties faced daily by hundreds of passengers: the need to repeatedly purchase tickets at increased prices, the time spent traveling by land, the incomodities of flights with a stopover, especially for cases of medical emergency."

The resumption of flights to and from the Russian Federation is a response to the calls made by our countrymen.

The safety and comfort of flights are the priority of the company, so Air Moldova will continue to make a constant effort to meet the needs and requests of our passengers.

While taking this resumption step , the Moldovan carrier would have joined airlines like Air Serbia and Turkish Airlines in operating routes to Russia.

In August , a subsidiary of Wizz Air - 'Wizz Air Abu Dhabi' had announced resumption of flights to Russia from Abu Dhabi , but due to widespread criticism , the Resumption plan was postponed indefinitely.

However , Wizz Air had tried to clarify the situation without much success ,

The airline is resuming its operation to Moscow to meet travel demand for passengers wishing to fly to and from Russia as per the air transport agreement between the two countries. All the UAE national airlines are currently operating direct flights between the two countries.