#Ercan (Tymbou) airport

Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union ...

A bill has been tabled in the United Kingdom’s parliament with the aim of allowing direct flights between the country and northern Cyprus. The bill, an “early day motion”, ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Monday called for the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport to be treated as a Turkish airport, suggesting that the move may allow ...

Two British nationals sustained serious injuries after scaffolding for loudspeakers and advertising hoardings collapsed onto them on the first day of the Teknofest aerospace and technology festival at the north’...

A man appeared in court in the north on Thursday after having been arrested in Turkey, having flown from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport after crossing to the north ...

The holding company of the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, T&T, posted a loss of more than 1 billion TL (€29.8 million) for 2023, and as a result, did not pay ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after having reportedly drunkenly assaulted a female flight attendant on a flight bound for Cyprus. The aircraft had departed the Turkish Aegean city ...

Turkish Cypriot travel agencies’ association (Kitsab) chairman Orhan Tolun called for the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport to be treated as a domestic airport by Turkey. His call comes amid ...

The number of passengers travelling to and from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by over 25 per cent in the first seven months of 2024, compared to the same period ...

El-Sen, the employers’ union of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek, announced on Saturday night they had filed a complaint to the Turkish Cypriot police after police had prevented them ...

Politicians from two of the north’s three ruling political parties are preventing the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek from cutting the power supply to Ercan (Tymbou) airport despite the ...

British newspaper the Independent on Thursday claimed a total of 50 British politicians have penned a letter to the country’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, urging him to allow direct flights ...

Flight operations at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport are facing challenges attributed to wartime conflicts, according to ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli, who said current GPS issues “are a consequence ...

Trade unions on Thursday raised the alarm over two small electrical explosions occurring at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport in recent weeks. On March 13 a worker from a subcontracted ...

The village of Louroujina currently has no ambulance service coverage, the north’s former ‘health minister’ Filiz Besim said on Wednesday. Besim said that due to the closure of the ...

A 20-year-old man died on Friday morning after falling of an escalator at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport. The man, named as Atakan Kapusuz, was a Turkish national completing ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli insisted on Tuesday that “sabotage” was the cause of power cuts at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after six flights were cancelled on Monday due ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli suggested that “man-made sabotage” may have been the reason Ercan (Tymbou) airport grinding to a halt on Wednesday. Arikli was among those impacted ...

The number of passengers arriving at and departing from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by almost a third in the first nine months of 2023, compared to the same ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ has been recalled from its summer recess after opposition ‘MPs’ called on the government to answer questions regarding a tax break given to Ercan (Tymbou) airport’...

United States Congressman Pete Sessions has visited the north, becoming the first American politician to land at Ercan (Tymbou) airport and meeting with high-level Turkish Cypriot figures. Sessions, a Republican ...

The north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport ground to a halt for a short period on Thursday after its internet connection was lost. Operations resumed shortly afterwards when repair teams figured ...

The first few days of operation of the new terminal at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport have been plagued by power cuts and other technical issues. After being officially ...

The first commercial flight to depart from the new runway and terminal at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport took off on Friday morning. The flight, operated by Pegasus Airlines, ...