Tourism

Deputy Ministers for Tourism and Shipping Savvas Perdios and Vassilis Demetriades welcomed the assurances by Royal Caribbean’s interest to invest in Cyprus, expressing their readiness to enhance the island’...

The establishment of a new hospitality school in Platres is aiming to tackle both labour shortages in the hospitality industry, as well as the issue of rural flight, people flocking ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) reported a loss of 96 million euros ($107 million) for the final three months of 2021 but said it was hopeful that rivals’ cuts to capacity may help push prices ...

The Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Shipping announced on Friday the expiration of the deadline for the submission of tenders to establish a passenger maritime link between Cyprus and Greece, as ...

The Larnaca Tourism Development and Promotion Company (Etap) presented on Thursday a number of upgrades and additions to both the city and district’s tourist infrastructure for 2022. “The Larnaca tourism ...

Budget airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) warned its fourth-quarter loss would likely top the 213.6 million euros ($241.2 million) third-quarter hit reported on Wednesday, before an expected recovery takes off fuelled by ...

British airline easyJet (EZJ.L) said the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was impacting its performance this quarter, but it expected to see strong demand this summer when its capacity will ...

The deputy tourism ministry announced on Wednesday 12 grant schemes that will come into effect this year as part of its national tourism strategy 2030. “The plans concern the development of special ...

The chief executives of major US passenger and cargo airlines have warned of a “catastrophic” aviation crisis this week as AT&T (T.N) and Verizon (VZ.N) deploy ...

Turkish Airlines has reached an agreement with its labour union for a pay rise of inflation plus 65 per cent for 2022, the Hava-Is union said on Thursday. The flag carrier will ...

Paphos hoteliers have issued an SOS for staff and are calling on the government to plan early for the 2022 tourist season. The Paphos president of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) on Wednesday more than doubled its annual loss forecast and cut its January traffic estimate by 33 per cent, blaming travel restrictions in France, Germany and Morocco following ...

Tourist arrivals reached 148,973 in November of this year, a massive jump over the 8,952 during the same month in 2020, but still down on the 169,392 tourist arrivals in November of 2019. For the ...

Qatar Airways said on Monday it had started proceedings in a UK court against planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) in a bid to resolve a dispute over skin flaws on A350 ...

A group of 14 investors has called on Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) to allow employees to form and join trade unions, saying their research suggested the London-listed budget airline was discouraging ...

Airbus (AIR.PA) completed a triple crown of aircraft orders at the expense of rival Boeing (BA.N) on Thursday with a deal to supply 100 narrowbody jets to Air France-KLM ...

Major US air carriers warned on Wednesday that plans by wireless carriers to use spectrum for 5G wireless services starting Jan. 5 could disrupt thousands of daily flights and cost air ...

The country’s tourism boss sounded a cautiously optimistic note on Thursday about the sector’s prospects in the new year, but acknowledged the looming uncertainty as European leaders in ...

Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd (QAN.AX) said on Thursday it has chosen Airbus SE (AIR.PA) as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet, switching from Boeing Co (...

Budget airline Ryanair announced earlier this month that passenger traffic rose to 10.2 million travellers in November, reflecting a rise of 8.2 million from the same month of the previous year, when ...

Cypriot airline Cyprus Airways announced on Wednesday that it has commenced ticket sales for its winter destinations for this year. The Larnaca-based airline will operate flights to Greece, the United ...

European regulators have issued a preliminary warning that patches of lightning protection may have been wrongly fitted on over a dozen Airbus (AIR.PA) A350 jets, while Delta Air Lines (...

British airline easyJet confirmed earlier this week that it will retain its Holiday Protection Promise until 2022 in a bid to provide additional certainty during customers’ booking process. “We know this ...

Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Christodoulos Angastiniotis expressed ‘strong reservations and concerns’ about the potential introduction of the minimum wage in Cyprus on Wednesday, adding that the current system ...