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Birmingham Airport announces new airline

Birmingham Airport is set to welcome another new carrier in June 2017, offering a brand new route to the capital of Eastern Europe's Republic of Moldova.

New scheduled airline, Fly One, will operate three times a week from Birmingham, using an Airbus A319 with 144 seats each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The flight will arrive into Birmingham from Chișinău at 12:25 and will depart at 13:20.

From Chișinău, Fly One also fly to Moscow, St Petersburg and Voronezh (Russia), Rome, Milan, Parma, Verona and Venice (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal), Barcelona, Valencia (Spain) Dublin and Paris.

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William Pearson, Birmingham Airport’s Aviation Director, said, “We are pleased that Fly One will be launching services in June and delivering a new destination from Birmingham to Moldova. We hope that the service will be also welcomed by the friends and relatives market wanting to gain direct access to this part of Eastern Europe as well as those looking for an alternative city break destination.”

Nicu Berla, General Manager at Fly One, commented, “We are honoured to operate our Airbus A319 connecting Birmingham to Chisinau. We wish that our three-times weekly scheduled flight that will connect Birmingham to Chisinau starting from June 6th, will be welcomed and fully utilized by both our territories to possibly foresee growth and durable collaboration. The Republic of Moldova is a wonderful destination offering many leisure and business opportunities to be explored by those who wish to broaden and grow their experiences.”

Fly One was created in September 2015 from private funding and operates a fleet of Airbus aircraft from its base in Chișinău.

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