Animal Party calls for investigation after pet cat goes missing at airport
The Animal Party on Saturday called for a thorough investigation by the airline responsible for losing a cat, Sakis, belonging to one of its passengers...
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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...
Thirty-hour Cobalt flight delay a headache for passengers
A FLAT tyre appears to have been the cause of delays up to 30 hours for passengers on Cypriot carrier Cobalt’s flight CO620 from Stansted...
Our View: Turning a triviality into a major issue is what our politicians do best
THE POLITICIANS’ and media’s talent for making mountains out of molehills is indisputable. It is very much a part of public life which has always...
New airline to start operations by year end
By the end of the year another air carrier, ORION Airways, is to set up operations on the island, it was announced on Tuesday. According...
Bidding ongoing for Cyprus Airways logos
The process to authorise the use of Cyprus Airways logos is ongoing, Privatisations Commissioner Constantinos Herodotou, as reports suggested a Russian airline has won the...
Cobalt director indicted in Switzerland, in connection with money laundering (Update-1)
(Adds comment by Cobalt manager on internal due diligence procedures in 22nd paragraph) By Stelios Orphanides Meisterhans, the Swiss director of Cobalt, the new Cypriot...
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...
New low fares to Thessaloniki from Greek airline
Greek airline Ellinair has launched its Larnaca-Thessaloniki flight schedule with ticket prices as low as €19, it was announced on Wednesday. The Thessaloniki-based air carrier,...
EasyJet launches mobile app for air passengers in Cyprus
Low-cost carrier easyJet said on Monday it had launched Mobile Host at both Paphos and Larnaca airport “to enhance the travel experience of easyJet passengers...
Cyprus carrier TUS gets green light
By Nathan Morley A BRAND new local carrier is set to launch after receiving a commercial air transport licence from the government. TUS Airways, based...
Postal delays expected from certain countries (Updated)
The postal services said on Monday there would be delays the arrival of mail, which is handled through Amsterdam, because of Dutch airline KLM ´s decision to discontinue...
Russian plane “broke up in the air” (Update)
A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt on Saturday “broke up in the air”, a Russian aviation official said on Sunday, adding that it was...
Cabin crew injured during turbulence (updated)
Two flight attendants were being treated in hospital after suffering injuries during turbulence on a flight from the UK to Cyprus on Wednesday evening, police...
Nut rage: Korean Air boss’s daughter treated crew “like slaves”
The daughter of the boss of Korean Air Lines, on trial in what has popularly become known as the “nut rage” case, treated flight crew...
Foreclosures, Cyprus Airways parliamentary debates postponed
Two major plenary debates slated for Thursday, one on foreclosures and the second on Cyprus Airways have been postponed, the Cyprus News Agency said. Two...
Wizz Air announces flights from Larnaca to Kiev and Belgrade
By Peter Stevenson WIZZ Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in central and Eastern Europe will be flying from Larnaca to both Kiev and Belgrade,...
Cyprus Airways’ Plan B – a new airline in the works
CYPRUS Airways(CY) is working on a ‘Plan B’ to avoid leaving the island without a national air carrier in the event Brussels gives the thumbs-down...