Budget airline Wizz has announced it is suspending flights to Moldova from mid-march due to rising tensions with Russia. The airline has become the first to raise safety concerns stating it will not fly to Moldova due to "risk in the country's airspace".
The country shares a border with Ukraine on the east, north and south. A statement released by Wizz Air said: "Due to recent developments and the high, though not imminent, risk in the country's airspace, Wizz Air has taken the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all its flights to Chisinau as of March 14".
Wizz Air has said it will offer extra flights to and from the Romanian city of Iasi, reports the Mirror, close to the Moldovan border. This means that that flights to Chisinau would go to Iasi from other Wizz Air destinations like London or Barcelona while more would also be made available.
