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The annual capacity of the airport increased to 5.4 million passengers. [7] Chișinău International Airport is a member of Airports Council International. The airport closed temporarily on 24 February 2022, as Moldovan airspace was closed in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [8]
Chișinău International Airport 46°55′44″N 28°56′04″E / 46.92880°N 28.93456°E / 46.92880; 28.93456 ( Chișinău International Certified, international flights
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Historically, the English-language name for the city, Kishinev, was based on the modified Russian one because it entered the English language via Russian at the time Chișinău was part of the Russian Empire (e.g. Kishinev pogrom). Therefore, it remains a common English name in some historical contexts.
On 19 September 1944, the first unit of Po-2 transport aircraft arrived in Chişinău and the Moldovan Squadron of Aeroflot was established. Aside from fifteen aircraft of the Po-2 type operating domestic flights and serving in agriculture, there were also two Li-2, which were used on flights to Moscow, some Ukrainian cities and to Black Sea and Caucasus summer resorts.
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The Government of Moldova stated that all flights were delayed, and passengers were evacuated from the airport. [3] Additionally, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that state institutions had been put on high alert and expressed condolences to the families and relatives of the victims, and also added that the shooter was a foreign citizen who ...
1960 - Chișinău International Airport opens. 1965 Romanian Literature Museum established. Population: 278,000. [12] 1974 - Chișinău Airport terminal built. 1977 4 March: 1977 Vrancea earthquake. Sud-Est magazine begins publication. 1978 - Chișinău Zoo and Pe Strada Trandafirilor theatre founded. 1979 - Population: 539,000. [13]