Kishinev International Airport is an airport in Kishinev, Moldova. It is one of the largest airports in central and eastern Europe. The airport's capacity of passengers is more than 1000 passengers per hour, or 8,800,000 per year.
Following construction and opening in 2000 it became one of the most modern airports in Europe and the most modern in the Community of Independent States. In this way, Kishinev became one of the major air hubs of Europe.
Chişinău (IPA /ki.ʃi.'nəu/), formerly known as Kishinev (or Kishinov (Russian: Кишинёв)), is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of the Republic of Moldova.
The Russian name gained international currency because of Russification during periods when the city was under Russian control (first by Imperial Russia and then for over four decades by the Soviet Union) and because of Russian speakers throughout the world, including many Russian Jews in the English-speaking world.
There are three bus terminals, an internationalairport (Chişinău InternationalAirport), and an international railway terminal.
Chişinău (Russian Кишинёв, Kishinyov, also Kishinev; Moldovan Cyrillic Кишинэу), estimated population 920,000 (2002), is the capital of Moldova.
Transport: there are two bus terminals, with another one under construction, an internationalairport (KishinevInternationalAirport), and an international railway terminal.
Founded in 1436 as a monastery town, the city was captured in the 16th century by Turkey.