The concessionaire of the Chisinau International Airport, Avia Invest SRL, expressed its bewilderment at the request made by the Civil Aviation Administration of Moldova given that the size and method of calculating the airport charges were approved by order of the Administration in 2007. The reaction came after the Civil Aviation Administration announced that Avia Invest SRL refused to present the cost basis for airport charges, IPN reports.

In a press release, Avia Invest says that since the Chisinau International Airport was founded in 1995 and until present, all the airport taxes were set by the state authorities, namely the State Civil Aviation Administration and later by its successor, the Civil Aviation Administration.

The methodology for calculating the airport charges has never been decided by the concessionaire of the airport. Avia Invest hasn’t modified the tariffs and other airport payments and applied those that were charged before the signing of the concession contract in 2013.

The Civil Aviation Administration last week announced that it notified the police after the concessionaire of the Chisinau International Airport refused to present the cost basis for airport charges.