Rothschild family acquires 95% share in Chisinau Airport

The Rothschild banking family has acquired a 95-percent share in Moldova’s Chisinau International Airport through NR Investments. Since 2013, Avia Invest had been operating the airport, which was upgraded with a new terminal and runway over the past six years. Further details of the transaction are expected to be released in September. Sixteen airlines currently fly in and out of Chisinau. The airport offers routes to 38 destinations, including London, Dublin, Paris, Istanbul and Moscow. Chisinau Airport served 2.8 million passengers in 2018.