Former civil aviation director sentenced to six months in prison
Former Civil Aviation Director Leonidas Leonidou was sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty of abuse of power last...
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Audit boss eyes ‘spoiled’ air traffic controllers’ pay
Air traffic controllers got a tongue lashing from the auditor-general on Thursday, berated for working less than their European counterparts despite their generous pay packages....
Suspension of Boeing 737 Max flights unlikely to affect Cyprus
The European directive to suspend all Boeing 737 Max operations in Europe is unlikely to affect Cyprus, the civil aviation department told the Cyprus News Agency...
Cyprus joins EU ban on Boeings
Cyprus said Tuesday it has suspended all flight operations of all Boeing Model 737-8 MAX and 737-9 MAX aeroplanes inside its airspace. The ban came...
Air traffic controllers say they can no longer ensure safety
Air traffic controllers said on Monday they could no longer be responsible for safely managing the growing number of incoming and outcoming flights because of...
Air traffic control moving to new premises
Transport Minister Vassiliki Anastasiadou said on Thursday that procedures will be launched soon to move air traffic control services to a new building in Kokkinotrimithia,...
Cyprus misses EU targets on cutting flight delays
Air traffic controllers received €2.84m in overtime pay and benefits for 2016, while Cyprus missed an EU-set target on flight delay timings, a report by...
Risk of flight collisions in Nicosia airspace
An internal report compiled by the European Aviation Safety Agency says there is an increased risk of planes colliding in the Nicosia Flight Information Region...
Costly overseas hires in civil aviation
By Elias Hazou Due to a manpower shortage, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is having to bring in four flight inspectors and experts from...
Hasikos: auditor-general is obsessed with me
The auditor-general has targeted him in an obsessive manner, Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said on Thursday, arguing that audits are welcome and essential but cannot...
Auditor-general says civil aviation was wrong to rent minister-linked premises
The government should not rent the building chosen by the Civil Aviation Department as its premises, the Audit Service said on Wednesday. Instead, the...
Hasikos says no conflict of interest in lease deal with civil aviation
A lease between his company and the civil aviation department was signed before a law was passed on conflict of interests and has not been...
Flight delays reduced significantly this year
Flight delays in Cyprus were reduced by 75 per cent over this year’s summer period, relative to the respective period of 2015, despite the significant...
Cobalt gets new plane, mulls China flights
Cyprus-based Cobalt Air on Saturday announced the arrival of its second aircraft and that it is exploring the possibility of direct flights to China. The...
Civil Aviation gives Cobalt clean bill of health
By Stelios Orphanides A report requested by the Ministry of Transport following a series of recent incidents which upset Cobalt’s flight programme has given the...
Cabinet gives green light to set up new aeronautical services company
The government has approved a bill providing for the establishment of a state-owned private company to offer aeronautical services, opening a new page in the field...
Public Service Commission denies it appointed dead man to Civil Aviation
In what might have qualified as a bureaucratic paradox straight out of the 1980s series ‘Yes Minister’, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has just retroactively...
Civil aviation issues warning about drone violations
Any violation of the law on drones constitutes and offence, the civil aviation department stresses in a press release. Due to the current increased interest...
TUS grounded before its first flight after staff walkouts
The new local airline TUS, has been grounded before its first flight after its air operator certificate was suspended, the Cyprus Mail learned on Tuesday....
Uncontrolled drone movement panicking flamingos, animal party says
The animal party on Tuesday called on civil aviation to do something about the plethora of drone cameras people were using at the Larnaca Salt...