Wizz Air is withdrawing Moldova flights in March amid concerns over airspace safety.
Moldova is located between Romania and Ukraine and saw a Russian missile fired over its airspace earlier this month.
The Hungarian budget airline said: “Safety of the passengers and crew remain Wizz Air’s number one priority.
“Following the recent developments in Moldova and the elevated, but not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has made the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to [the capital] Chisinau from 14 March.”
Wizz Air said there would be more flights from across Europe to the eastern Romanian city of Iasi, near the Moldovan border, as replacements for the Chisinau service.
The Wizz Air website shows flights from Luton to Chisinau in April landing at either Iasi or Bacau in Romania.
Moldova’s infrastructure ministry said it regretted Wizz Air’s decision, assuring in a statement that flights “which respect a number of procedures, could be carried out safely”.
The country’s civil aviation authority said the airline had sought approval for its summer flight schedule on February 14 and the agency “determined that flights in the national airspace can be carried out safely by following a number of procedures”, the BBC reported.
Romanian national carrier Tarom, Air Moldova and Turkish Airlines continue to fly to the Moldovan capital.
Wizz Air added that it “remains committed to the Moldovan market and loyal to its customers. Wizz Air will continue to reassess the situation regularly to restart operations and reopen the base as soon as it is safe and secure”.