Chişinău International Airport

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Chişinău International Airport
IATA: KIV - ICAO: LUKK
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator CIA
Serves Chişinău
Elevation AMSL 399 ft (122 m)
Coordinates 46°55′39.88″N, 28°55′51.52″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 11,779 3,590 Concrete

Chişinău International Airport (IATA: KIV, ICAO: LUKK) is the main airport of Moldova, Eastern Europe and it is located near the capital city of Chişinău. The terminal has a capacity of 1,200,000 passengers per year. It was built in the 1970s. The airport has one runway and it is open 24 hours.

As there is no Cat II or III system, fog can temporarily disrupt flights, especially in the colder period between December and February.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

Five national companies are involved in passenger air transportation, namely: Air Moldova, Moldavian Airlines, Tandem Aero and Vichi. Aeriantur-M lost its operator's licence in January 2007 as a result of the accident in Iraq with its An-26.

Nobil Air and TEPavia-Trans are air taxi companies located in Chişinău. Nobil Air operates a Learjet 35a (ER-LGA), TET operates an Antonov 28 air plane (ER-AKO).

Among the national air companies, the biggest share of passenger transport market is held by the state airline Air Moldova, with 55% carried, followed by Moldavian Airlines with 15%, the rest of national companies taking only 3% of the total number of passengers. The national airlines have a stable share of around 70% of the market.

Besides national companies, a number of foreign airlines have been active on the passenger air transport market. These include Turkish Airlines, Austrian Airlines and Tarom. Such foreign airlines represent around 28% of the total passenger traffic. The largest share of transports was held by Turkish Airlines with 14%, Austrian Airlines with 5% and TAROM with 2%.

At present, both national and foreign airlines perform about 85 scheduled weekly flights on sixteen routes:

Chişinău International Airport
Chişinău International Airport

Carpatair, El Al and Malev do not operate flights but have code share flights to Chişinău.

During the summer there are regular charter flights to Antalya, Sharm el Sheik and Varna.

[edit] New airlines and destinations

Belavia was considering to start flights between Minsk and Chişinău in March 2007 but later dropped these plans. The latest airline to start serving Chişinău is Alitalia from Milan-Malpensa May 20. With a few days notice it postponed the start from March 25 to May 20.

[edit] Airport statistics

Year Passengers Flights
1996 250.800 3.619
1997 283.000 4.718
1998 265.900 4.871
1999 233.300 4.613
2000 167.708 5.519
2001 274.387 9.866
2002 294.621 10.416
2003 341.585 9.502
2004 421.011 10.759
2005 482.741 11.126
2006 548.300 10.065
1-2/2007 53.000 -

[edit] Busy routes

  • Chişinău - Moscow with 76,000 passengers transported in 2006 (+20% compared to 2005)
  • Chişinău - Istanbul, with 53,000 passengers carried in 2006 (+10% compared to 2005)
  • Chişinău - Rome with 35.000 passengers transported in 2006 (+20% compared to 2005)

[edit] Cargo and Mail

Year Cargo/Mail
2000 2.4
2001 1.7
2002 1.3
2003 1.3
2004 1.4
2005 1.7
2006 1.8

Figures are in thousand tons.

[edit] Facilities

Following reconstruction work by the Turkish company Akfen Holding A.S. and re-opening in May 2000 it became a modern airport in Europe and in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

An annex terminal building with an area of 4,270 m² was added to the renovated present terminal building of 7,600 m². The project covers construction of 3,000 m² curtain walls, 3,200 m² composite panels, 12,185 m² asphalt road, a treatment plant with a capacity of 3,450 m³/day, complete mechanical heating, ventilation and electrical systems along with the X-ray security, luggage handling, master clock, and flight information systems. The contract had a commercial value of USD 9.3 million.

Available facilities: Annual Capacity 5,400,000, 6 check-in desks, 4 gates, 1 baggage claim belt, short term parking spaces, long term parking spaces, 1 Airport Hotel, Post Office, Bank, Bureau de Change, Auto Exchange Machine, Restaurants, Cafeterias, Bars, Duty Free Shops, Newsagent/Tobacconist, Chemist Shop, Gift Shop, Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk, Car Rental, Taxi Service/Rank, First Aid, Baby/Parent Room

VIP and CIP guests are offered special services at the VIP terminal.

The visitors terrace in the second floor has been opened in December 2006. There is also a sign remembering the first flight to Moldova on 24.06.1926 on the routes Bucuresti-Galati-Iasi and Chisinau.

[edit] To and from the airport

There are some bus lines and mini busses (rutiera) to the airport (aerogara). For example the rutiera line 165 is passing Botanica district and continuing to the city center.

Taxis drive in 15-25 minutes to the airport. They charge between 70 Lei and 20 USD. It is advisable to agree beforehand.

Arriving passengers can find authorized taxi (yellow cars, 1407) at the last exit door.

The airport is located at the mainway to the south.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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