Air Moldova ends Embraer 120 operations ch-aviation PRO exclusive

Air Moldova (9U, Chisinau) has announced plans to launch a twice weekly A319-100 service from Moldova's capital Chisinau to Dubai Int'l starting November 23 according to SeeNews.

The new route is Air Moldova's first own service to the Middle East, complementing its network that is currently mainly focused on connecting Moldova to destinations in the European Union as well as Istanbul Atatürk and the Russian destinations of Krasnodar, Moscow Domodedovo and St. Petersburg.

Air Moldova also operates between Chisinau and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion twice weekly, but these services are operated on behalf of its partner, Tandem-Aero (TQ, Chisinau).

Tandem-Aero (TQ, Chisinau) has wet-leased an A321-200 from Greece's Olympus Airways (OLY, Athens Int'l) Skyliner Aviation has reported.

SX-BHT (cn 666) was ferried from Craiova to Chisinau this past week where it will likely be used on the Moldovan operator's bi-weekly services to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion through to October 27. Air Moldova (9U, Chisinau) currently plies the route on behalf of Tandem-Aero using A320-200 ER-AXP (cn 741).

Air Moldova (9U, Chisinau) is looking to replace its sole E120 with a larger aircraft Sergiu Jereghi, the airline's finance department director, has disclosed. Speaking to the AirFinance Journal, Jereghi said the Moldovan carrier was studying either the E170, or the E190, of which it currently operates two.

Air Moldova wet-leases the EMB-120 from fellow Moldovan carrier, Tandem-Aero (TQ, Chisinau), for use on flights to Adler/Sochi, Bucharest Otopeni, and Kiev Boryspil, from its Chisinau hub.

It also operates two A320-200s and one A321-200 (wet-leased from Hermes Airlines (H3, Athens Int'l)).