Tourism

Aircraft leasing companies are for the first time buying more of the world’s passenger planes than airlines after the pandemic clobbered carriers around the world, senior industry executives said ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) is not planning to raise billions of euros from shareholders to get the company through the extended COVID-19 crisis, its chief executive Luis Gallego ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) lifted its five-year passenger forecast on Thursday, saying the delivery of an existing Boeing (BA.N) order and increased use of older aircraft would allow it to ...

The mooted deal for Bahrain’s national airline Gulf Air to use Larnaca airport as a hub for a number of international destinations has the potential to open up the ...

Following the success of its summer campaign to attract domestic tourism, the Paphos regional board of tourism announced that it will be extending its inbound tourism promotion for a further ...

Cyprus’ inability to join the group of Schengen countries has adverse effects on its economy, Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) chairman George Mais has said. Speaking to the ...

Cyprus was sixth among EU nations for the decrease in commercial flights in August 2021 compared to 2019, with a slump of 23.8 per cent. Although a considerable knock, the reduction was notably ...

Britain’s biggest airport Heathrow said on Monday passenger numbers were still 71 per cent lower in August compared to the same month before the COVID-19 pandemic, as it demanded that ...

EU competition regulators on Friday gave the green light to a slimmed down successor to Alitalia and said the new state-owned airline was not liable for repaying 900 million euros ($1.1 billion) ...

Europe’s no-frills airlines are heralding a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grab market share from traditional carriers struggling to emerge from the pandemic, but each will have to overcome significant challenges ...

Transavia, which flies to/from Cyprus from Amsterdam, is planning to boost its flights to twice per week in the winter, and once per day in the summer. This is ...

EasyJet (EZJ.L) has rejected a takeover approach from Wizz Air that would have created a low-cost airline to rival Ryanair, opting instead to raise $1.7 billion from shareholders and go ...

Invest Cyprus sponsored The International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), the leading annual conference for the global hotel industry which was hosted in Berlin from 1st – 3rd September. George Campanellas, CEO ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) has ended talks with Boeing (BA.N) on a major new order for Boeing 737 jets due to a disagreement over pricing, the Irish airline said on Monday. ...

When Britain announced Turkey would stay on its “red list” of travel destinations last week, Onur Arican decided to close his boutique hotel on the Aegean coast early this year ...

The public deficit has fallen by 0.2 per cent in the first seven months of the year, with preliminary fiscal results by the Cyprus statistical service showing a General Government deficit ...

British airline and holiday group Jet2 (JET2.L) unveiled a deal to buy dozens of Airbus jets worth $4.9 billion at list prices on Tuesday, switching loyalties from US planemaker Boeing (...

September will account for more than one third of all remaining British travel for 2021, a survey released on Wednesday shows. A large percentage of these travellers will be seeking a ...

Ryanair has nudged up its passenger target for the autumn amid signs of a “very strong recovery” in European short-haul flights, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told Reuters in an ...

Tourism generated a total revenue of €135.8 million for Cyprus during June of 2021, a number achieved in spite of a number of travel restrictions still in place during that period. While ...

German airline Lufthansa aims to win back business travellers by increasing the number of flights and improving catering, an executive board member was quoted as saying on Sunday. Lufthansa is ...

What can we expect from Cyprus tourism this year? Will the current increase in arrivals continue? What about the winter? Tourism industry analyst Johanna Bonhill-Smith of GlobalData has some answers. “...

British Airways is planning to set up a budget airline subsidiary based at Gatwick airport, the airline told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Creating a new unit could provide ...

Croatia’s tourism results almost reached the 2019 level in July and August, and booking for September also looks promising, Croatian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Brnjac said on Wednesday. “The number ...