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May 25, 2023 (newstodate): Moldova is keen to see Wizz Air returning to Chisinau Airport.
   The carrier pulled out from the Moldovan market from March 14, 2023, citing doubts about airspace security in the region after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and fears of further threats to Moldova from Russia.
   Now, the issue has been on the agenda of talks between the PMs of the two countries
   -We will work with the Hungarian authorities and do our best to expedite the return of Wizz Air to our country. To do this, we will discuss specific ways to return this company, including in the context of the fact that Chisinau Airport has returned to public administration, says Nikolai Popescu, Dep PM of Moldova.
   Wizz Air set up Wizz Air Ukraine as the country's first low-cost carrier with its launch on July 18, 2008, but rigid changes in Ukraine's aviation law forced Wizz Air to close down the subsidiary in 2015.
   Instead, Wizz Air returned to the Ukrainian market with own operations from 2016, and set up Chisinau Airport as a new base in March 2017.
   As late as in September 2022, Wizz Air was the 3rd largest operator at Chisinau Airport, averaging 11 daily arrivals and departures, and recovering some 92 percent of the traffic in 2019.