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Moldavian Airlines

former airline of Moldova

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ1752216 ↗
Source-derived summary

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.

History

Moldavian Airlines was established on 26 July 1994 by József Veres 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.

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The public source identifies “Moldavian Airlines” as former airline of Moldova. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Moldavian, Airlines and former.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 1999, 2007, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Moldavian, Airlines and former providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1752216. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 1999, 2007 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Moldavian Airlines” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.