The Chisinau International Airport last month served over 100,000 passengers, a 22.76% increase compared with last July, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communique from the airport. According to the communique, the number of passengers over the first seven months of the year rose by 11.89% compared with the corresponding period last year, to about 500,000 people. In particular, it increased by 152.89% on the routes to Bucharest, by 53.26% to Antalya, by 39.36% to London, by 38.86% to Moscow, by 30.41% to Saint Petersburg. Moscow, Istanbul, Antalya, Verona and Frankfurt were among the most popular destinations. More than 800,000 passengers used the services of the airport in 2009. Seventeen airlines, including four national ones, provide regular and charter flights to 26 destinations in Moldova at present.