Air Moldova airline informed that it stopped the sale of tickets to and from Moscow. The passengers who bought tickets for the October 1 flights need to send an email to the address booking@airmoldova.md to receive a refund, IPN reports.

Several days ago, Air Moldova announced that it decided to resume the flights to Moscow, which were suspended in February, on October 1. In reaction, the Civil Aviation Authority banned the operating of flights through Russian airspace by national operators. The institution made reference to the Significant Safety Concern Directive SSC/AIR-01/05-2022/RUS issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization and to the decision to suspend all the certificates and permits issued to Russian airlines taken by the European Aviation Safety Agency.

“Air Moldova will communicate with the Civil Aviation Authority so as to solve the situation concerning the documents mentioned in the issued Directive. If this problem is not solved with the Civil Aviation Authority, we reserve the right to go to court,” the airline noted in a press release.