Getting from Chisinau Airport
The airport is connected to the city centre by trolleybuses, which are by far the cheapest form of transport.
Official taxis and taxis are available via the hip and Yandex mobile apps.
Trolleybus 30
Trolleybus line 30 runs directly to the city centre to the National Library and the area around the main square "Piața Marii Adunări Naționale".
The stop is right in front of the terminal.
Official website of the public transport in Chisinau: rtec.md (available in Moldovan only).
Fares for 6 mdl can be paid in cash and by card inside the trolleybus. Tickets are sold by the conductor who walks through the car himself. There is no need to actively check in, the conductor always finds new passengers himself.
- Frequency - 16 to 23 minutes
- Journey time - 45 to 50 minutes
- Ticket - 6 mdl
- Last trolleybus from the airport - 23:24
- First trolleybus from the centre (stop "Teatrul Național Mihai Eminescu") - 5:51
- Download the timetable: rtec.md
Taxi, mobile app Yandex / Hip
Although official taxis run with a meter, taxi drivers often try to negotiate a price outside the meter.
Normally an official taxi will take you downtown for 120 mdl to 150 mdl.
Significantly cheaper is to use the mobile apps Hip (available on Google Play / App Store) or Yandex. A trip to the centre will cost 50 mdl to 90 mdl depending on current demand.
Car rental
If you're heading from the airport not to the centre of Chisinau, where a car would be just fine, but to the Moldovan countryside, there are plenty of local and international car rental companies in the terminal.
Rental prices for 4 days range from 130 eur.
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You can't stop progress, so even the trolleybus now has a terminal for card payments. Price unchanged. Yet the collector is still on the car.
Functional link to Hip* here: https://play.google.com/store/ap...=web_share
One more clarification for the sake of certainty: this feature has not yet been introduced on other lines, but at least you can pay the fare by QR code or SMS via Moldcell.
It's true. I noticed it on Thursday after the flyone flight. There was even a "děžurnaja" arguing with someone that he didn't want to pay 6 MDL even though he already paid by card. By not coming out with any ticket, I guess she wants to pay it right in front of her. I'm in Tiraspol right now, finishing off a bottle of 8 year old Kvint brandy, and I don't understand why trolleybus 30 stops in front of the terminal for the ride to the center, but stops 500 meters from the terminal for the ride from the center.