Chișinău Airport doubles its net profit

Chișinău International Airport ended 2025 with a significant improvement in its financial performance and became Moldova’s most profitable state-owned enterprise.

The airport’s net profit reached nearly MDL 712 million, which was 2.1 times higher than in 2024, when the company reported a profit of MDL 337.07 million.

Annual revenue increased from MDL 941.61 million to MDL 1.94 billion. At the same time, income from services and completed works rose by 29.6%, from MDL 918.02 million to MDL 1.19 billion. According to Moldova’s Public Property Agency, the airport ranked first among state-owned enterprises in terms of net profit.

The improved financial results coincided with record passenger traffic growth. In 2025, the airport handled more than 6.08 million passengers, an increase of 46.8% compared with the previous year.

Administrative expenses rose by only 6.4%, reaching MDL 54.38 million. The value of the airport’s assets increased by 35.3%, from MDL 1.88 billion in 2024 to MDL 2.54 billion. Its registered capital amounts to MDL 186.75 million. The airport remains fully owned by the state.

Comment by the Institute of Danube Research

The financial performance of Chișinău Airport demonstrates the rapidly growing role of Moldova in the regional transport system of Central and South-Eastern Europe.

The nearly 47% increase in passenger traffic reflects not only the recovery of the aviation market but also the growing transit importance of Chișinău for citizens of Moldova, Ukraine and neighbouring countries. With Ukrainian civilian airports operating under severe restrictions, passengers from southern and central regions of Ukraine account for part of the additional demand.

“The doubling of Chișinău Airport’s profit creates a financial basis for further modernisation of terminals, runway infrastructure, security systems and ground-handling services. At the same time, growing passenger traffic requires the development of road, bus and rail connections between Chișinău, Odesa, Chernivtsi and other cities in the region,” said Vitaliy Barvinenko, Director of the Institute of Danube Research.

According to the Institute’s experts, the airport could become an important component of a broader multimodal transport corridor connecting air routes with the road, rail and Danube infrastructure of Moldova, Ukraine and Romania.

At the same time, the record profits of the state-owned enterprise should primarily be directed towards expanding capacity, improving service quality, digitalising procedures and ensuring the long-term development of aviation infrastructure.