After growing by 47% last year with a total traffic of 6.08 million passengers, Chisinau Eugen Doga International Airport could experience a decline in total passengers output in 2026 as many airlines are sharply reducing and eliminating routes.
The summer season 2026 is seeing a notable reshaping of airline networks at Chisinau, as three major carriers revise capacity, trim expansion plans and withdraw a series of routes amid shifting demand expectations and operational realignments.
FlyOne, SkyUp Airlines and Wizz Air have all adjusted planned operations at Moldova’s capital airport, collectively resulting in multiple route cancellations and frequency reductions for the 2026 summer period.
FlyOne has opted for a selective revision of its summer program, removing three planned routes while maintaining a streamlined set of European leisure connections. Its Chisinau–Copenhagen service is set to operate seasonally until October 20, initially once weekly before increasing to two weekly flights in late June, with a further upgrade to Airbus A321 operations in September. The airline’s Naples route will operate between June 4 and October 22, peaking at three weekly flights during August before tapering into autumn. Chisinau–Turin is also retained, operating through October with a similar pattern of seasonal frequency increases and reductions.
SkyUp Airlines has made more substantial adjustments, revising its Moldova base strategy by removing 10 planned routes from its NS26 schedule. Several Western European city services originally expected to continue into summer have been withdrawn, including Frankfurt, Lisbon, Paris-Beauvais and Prague, following earlier winter-season closures. Other routes remain but are now more tightly focused on leisure demand, including Basel/Mulhouse, Malaga, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rhodes, Rimini and Tenerife South, all operating within defined summer windows and adjusted frequencies. The overall program reflects a shift toward core holiday destinations and reduced exposure to lower-yield city routes.
The most extensive network contraction comes from Wizz Air, which has cancelled six Chisinau routes for summer 2026 as part of a broader recalibration of its Moldova operation. Planned services to Bari, Billund, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Maastricht and Warsaw have all been withdrawn before launch, while the Chisinau–Hahn route ceases operations in May after a reduced early-season schedule. The changes significantly scale back what had been an ambitious expansion of point-to-point connectivity from the Moldovan capital.
Taken together, the revisions by all three carriers point to a more cautious approach to capacity planning in the Moldova market for NS26. While FlyOne retains a targeted leisure-focused network and SkyUp consolidates around peak-season holiday destinations, Wizz Air’s pullback underscores a wider reassessment of route profitability and fleet deployment priorities across Eastern and Central Europe.
