Cyprus sending two aircraft to Lebanon to combat forest fires
Cyprus is sending two aircraft to Lebanon to assist in combating forest fires in the neighbouring country. A tweet by the foreign ministry said two...
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Emirates to receive 100th A380 aircraft in November
Continual upgrades on flagship aircraft wow customers across 6 continents Emirates, the world’s largest A380 operator, is set to receive its milestone 100th A380 aircraft...
Cobalt adds sixth aircraft to fleet
Cobalt Air on Monday announced the addition of a sixth aircraft to the fleet. “The new A320-232, already registered in the Cyprus Aircraft Register with...
Cobalt says fourth Airbus 320 added to fleet
Cypriot airline Cobalt said on Friday it added a fourth aircraft to its fleet, an Airbus 320, which will “immediately” be incorporated in its flight...
Cobalt pledges to further expand its fleet
Cobalt, the Cypriot airline which launched its flight programme in July, said that it would increase the number of its aircraft to six by the...
World’s longest airship crash-lands in England on test flight
The world’s longest aircraft, the Airlander 10 airship, has crash-landed after a test flight in Bedfordshire, central England, its British manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles said...
Anogyra fire under control (Update 2)
A fire that broke out in the Anogyra area in the Limassol district was brought under control by evening, the fire services said. Flames burned half a...
Nicolaou deflects criticism over small number of RoC firefighting aircraft
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou on Thursday deflected a direct question relating to some criticism as to the number of firefighting aircraft the Republic has at...
Petrolina to cover fuel cost of fire fighting aircraft
Cypriot fuel company Petrolina has informed the government that it will be covering the entire cost of fuel of all fire fighting aircraft battling a...
Ticket sales on hold as Cobalt awaits vital licence
IT HAS EMERGED that Cobalt Air does not have permission to issue tickets to the public and now faces delays in launching. Would-be passengers have...
Cobalt expects first aircraft within days
Cobalt air will be flying to 16 cities from Larnaca when it begins operations, while the first of its three Airbuses will arrive within the...
Cobalt, Cyprus Aerotechnical Services sign fleet maintenance deal
Cobalt, the newly set up Cypriot airline which plans to take off in spring 2016 said that it signed a maintenance agreement with Cyprus Aerotechnical...
New airport security plans to be rolled out by year’s end
The government will outsource part of airport security to the private sector, MPs heard on Thursday, in a move expected to save the state some...
‘Living in a state of fear’
By Andria Kades WHEN Britain’s RAF Akrotiri base began being used last year to bomb the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, some local residents believed...
Mock emergency completed at Paphos airport
A major emergency exercise codenamed “Rough Terrain” was carried out at Paphos airport on Thursday, Hermes Airports said. The exercise lasted for approximately two hours...
Air Canada passengers depart on different aircraft
The 299 passengers on the transatlantic Air Canada flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv in Israel that was diverted to Paphos airport on Sunday after...
UK sentencing of Cypriot student adjourned until next month
By Staff Reporter The sentencing of a Cypriot student in Britain for taking eight explosive flares on to a plane at a major UK airport...
Bodies of missing airmen recovered (Update 3: adds communication with tower)
By Evie Andreou THE BODIES of the two men believed to have been on board of the 5B-CLI, twin-prop Diamond DA42 training plane that crashed...
Increased noise from flights over Nicosia only temporary
By Constantinos Psillides A DRAMATIC increase in the number of flights heard flying over northern Nicosia is down to the temporary suspension of a ground...
Baggage handler injured at Larnaca airport
A 50-year-old Greek Cypriot working at Larnaca airport has been hospitalized after being hit by a luggage transport vehicle, sustaining head and leg injures. According...
