Radar system at north’s airport broken
The radar system at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport was broken on Friday night.
The north’s civil aviation department’s director Mustafa Soli confirmed that the system was ...
Air traffic controllers in north announce strike
Air traffic controllers in the north on Thursday night announced their intention to go on strike for ten and a half hours on Monday.
HTKS, the union representing the workers, ...
North airport passenger numbers up by almost a third
Passenger numbers at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport increased by almost a third for the first six months of 2024 over the same period last year, data released on Tuesday ...
North threatens airport operator with $1,000 per day fine
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli threatened on Tuesday to issue Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s operating company T&T with daily fines worth $1,000 (€914) over “deficiencies” at the new ...
First widebody jet in north unable to take off
The first widebody jet to land in the north has been able to take off after ground staff crashed a vehicle into the door of its hold.
The aeroplane, an ...
North’s new airport plagued by power cuts
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 ...
Error leaves airport police ‘homeless’ at north’s new terminal
New Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz was due to arrive in the north on Sunday evening to inspect the work at the new terminal at Tymbou (Ercan) airport, which reports ...
Further delay for new terminal at airport in north
The inauguration of the new terminal at Ercan (Tymvou) airport in the north, has been postponed, reports said on Tuesday as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was due to open the ...
Erdogan set to arrive in north to open updated Tympou airport
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in the north on April 18, where he is set to officially open the new passenger terminal at Tymbou (Ercan) airport.
But according to ...
New airline licensed by the north, flights from April
A new airline has been granted a licence to operate in the north and will begin scheduled flights next April, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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‘Direct’ flights to the north will go via Turkey
Flights from Russia will begin arriving in the north in November following a stop in Antalya, Turkey, it was reported on Friday, two days after initial reports said the flights ...
Turkish Cypriots plan to launch new ‘national airline’
The ‘cabinet’ in the north intends to authorise the creation of a ‘national’ airline Turkish Cypriot media reported on Thursday.
The decision was also published in the ‘official gazette’.
Citing ...
Change in status of Tymbou airport ‘aims to tighten Turkey’s grip on north’
The government on Saturday said the change to the status of the illegal Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north was another action on the part of Turkey to put the ...