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Red flag raised over possible link between use of private jet and grant of passport

Elias HazouFebruary 4, 2021

By Elias HazouFebruary 4, 202104125

Civil aviation officials on Thursday confirmed that a flight under presidential designation to the Seychelles did take place in August 2015 but couldn’t say whether...

Cyprus

Coronavirus: man refused boarding on repatriation flight to Romania after showing symptoms

Gina AgapiouMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020

By Gina AgapiouMay 2, 2020May 2, 202005183

Larnaca airport had to disinfect certain areas on Saturday after man showed symptoms of coronavirus who went there to board a flight to Romania. The...

Cyprus

Coronavirus: Repatriation flight brings back a further 72

Nick TheodoulouApril 6, 2020April 6, 2020

By Nick TheodoulouApril 6, 2020April 6, 202004161

Seventy-two people who had been left stranded in various countries were repatriated on Monday afternoon on an Aegean flight from Athens. The flight arrived at...

Cyprus

Israeli flight diverts to Larnaca after passenger falls ill

Gina AgapiouFebruary 3, 2020February 3, 2020

By Gina AgapiouFebruary 3, 2020February 3, 202001163

An Israeli flight diverted to Larnaca airport on Monday after a passenger lost consciousness on board. Departing from Tel Aviv for Prague, the pilot of...

Cyprus

Flight from Istanbul to north cancelled after woman’s threats

Annette ChrysostomouDecember 18, 2019December 18, 2019

By Annette ChrysostomouDecember 18, 2019December 18, 201905287

A flight from Istanbul to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north was cancelled after a woman threatened to blow up the aircraft on Wednesday morning,...

Britain

Man jailed in UK for hoax bomb call so he could catch flight

Reuters News ServiceAugust 16, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 16, 20180130

A French man who was running late for his flight from London to Los Angeles tried to delay it by calling police to say there...

Americas

US FAA to order inspections of jet engines after Southwest blast

Reuters News ServiceApril 19, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceApril 19, 20180159

The US Federal Aviation Administration said it will order inspection of about 220 aircraft engines as investigators have found that a broken fan blade touched...

Cyprus

Manchester-Paphos flight diverted after booze-fuelled row, four women arrested in Athens

Staff ReporterMarch 25, 2018

By Staff ReporterMarch 25, 201834 234

An easyJet flight from Manchester to Paphos was diverted to Athens on Friday night and the return flight delayed until Saturday after a group of...

Britain

Ryanair flight escorted by fighter jets to London after ‘hoax’

Reuters News ServiceOctober 4, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceOctober 4, 20170140

Britain on Wednesday scrambled RAF Typhoon fighter jets to escort a Ryanair flight from Lithuania to Britain after a hoax security alert, the defence ministry and airline...

Cyprus

Cypriot passengers stranded in Turkey when flight diverted (Updated)

Staff ReporterSeptember 17, 2017September 17, 2017

By Staff ReporterSeptember 17, 2017September 17, 201738 190

A group of Cypriot airline passengers were stuck in Izmir, Turkey over night when their Jet2 flight was diverted there on its way from Manchester...

Cyprus

Polish flight forced to land in Turkey stopped from flying on to Cyprus

Evie AndreouApril 20, 2017

By Evie AndreouApril 20, 2017119 346

An aircraft flying between Warsaw, Rhodes and Paphos, which made a forced landing at the Antalya airport in Turkey due to a medical emergency, was...

Main

United Airlines forced to apologise over dragged passenger (Updated)

Reuters News ServiceApril 11, 2017April 12, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceApril 11, 2017April 12, 201722 167

By Alana Wise United Continental Holdings Inc shares fell as much as 4.4 per cent on Tuesday after a worldwide backlash erupted over...

Americas World

US resumes scheduled passenger flights to Cuba after more than 50 years

Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2016November 6, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2016November 6, 20160103

The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed on Wednesday, opening another chapter in...

Americas World

First U.S.-Cuba scheduled flight in decades set to depart

Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2016November 6, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 31, 2016November 6, 20162 102

The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting...

Cyprus

Briton jailed for six months over drunken chaos on Cyprus flight

CyprusMailAugust 26, 2016August 31, 2016

By CyprusMailAugust 26, 2016August 31, 201643 193

A “nightmare” drunk has been jailed for six months after his abusive behaviour to flight crew and passengers led to a plane being diverted, the...

Cyprus

Thirty-hour Cobalt flight delay a headache for passengers

FORMER STAFFAugust 20, 2016August 19, 2016

By FORMER STAFFAugust 20, 2016August 19, 201669 178

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...

Cyprus

Court rejects UK professor’s testimony in hijacker case

Elias HazouAugust 18, 2016

By Elias HazouAugust 18, 20169 147

Nicosia District Court on Thursday refused to hear evidence from a Cambridge University professor in defence of Seif Eddin Mustafa, the Egyptian hijacker fighting an...

Cyprus

Ryanair flight from Paphos delayed by flock of birds

Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 3, 2016July 4, 2016

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 3, 2016July 4, 20162 266

A Ryanair flight from Paphos to Krakow in Poland was delayed on Sunday morning after a flock of birds flew into the engine. The flight...

Cyprus

Flight aborted after ‘suspicious’ note found

Annette ChrysostomouJune 13, 2016June 13, 2016

By Annette ChrysostomouJune 13, 2016June 13, 20162 118

An Aegean airline flight about to depart from Larnaca to London on Sunday afternoon was cancelled after the crew found a note written by a...

Cyprus

Bomb hoax aboard flight to the north – reports

FORMER STAFFApril 11, 2016

By FORMER STAFFApril 11, 201613 152

Three passengers on board the Turkish airline Pegasus on a flight from Istanbul to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north were arrested on Sunday evening...