Budget airline links decision to airspace risks from war in neighbouring Ukraine and tensions with Russia
Wizz Air will suspend all its flights to and fromIt comes after a Russian missile was fired over Moldovan airspace earlier this month.
“Following the recent developments in Moldova and the elevated, but not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has made the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to [the capital] Chisinau from 14 March.” The country’s civil aviation authority said the airline had sought approval for its summer flight schedule on 14 February and the agency “determined that flights in the national airspace can be carried out safely by following a number of procedures”, the BBC reported., has reported “attempts at destabilisation” in recent weeks.
Moldova has also suffered energy blackouts after Ukraine stopped exporting electricity because of Russian airstrikes on critical infrastructure.
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