#larnaca airport

By Ifigenia Theodoridou An exercise to address potential threats at Larnaca airport was carried out on Saturday, the transport ministry said. The exercise was conducted due to increased drone activity ...

The cinema owners’ association has appealed to the government and the political parties to exclude cinemas from the venues at which a price cap on bottled water would be imposed. ...

Larnaca District Court on Sunday remanded a 45-year-old man for eight days, after he was discovered carrying 19 kg of cannabis in his luggage at the airport the day before. According ...

The government is aiming for investment at and the possible future development of the old Larnaca airport, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Saturday. Speaking during a visit to the ...

A record high number of passengers used the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport in 2024, the airport’s holding company T&T announced on Thursday.  In total, exactly 4,842,134 passengers either ...

Authorities confiscated 300 cartons of cigarettes during a Christmas Day security check at Larnaca airport. Customs officers discovered the cigarettes in the luggage of two Turkish Cypriot passengers traveling to the ...

The agreement for the expansion of Larnaca and Paphos airports was signed on Monday at the presidential palace. Under the agreement, Hermes Airport will commence work by March next year ...

The Cypriot government and Hermes Airports signed a new agreement on Monday, extending the management of Larnaca and Paphos airports until 2033. The deal resolves longstanding financial disputes and paves the ...

Passengers passing through Cyprus’ airports in Larnaca and Paphos reached a record high on Friday, with traffic exceeding 12 million passengers, as was predicted earlier in the week. “This important achievement ...

A new record high number of passengers passing through the Republic of Cyprus’ airports has been set this year, with it projected that more than 12 million people will have taken ...

A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested at Larnaca airport on Wednesday for smuggling over 20kg of cannabis. The passenger had arrived at Larnaca from Bangkok via the United Arab Emirates. ...

On November 30 total tourist arrivals to the island surpassed those seen for the whole of the year 2023, a record year for arrivals, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Sunday. By ...

A cat trapped for day in a tight space between two walls at Larnaca airport was rescued by the fire service, the Green party’s action group coordinator reported on ...

Police arrested two men, aged 19 and 25, at Larnaca airport on Monday after a large quantity of cannabis, weighing 35 kilos, was found in their luggage. According to a police statement, the ...

More than 2,000 plants were handed out to members of the public at Larnaca airport on Saturday morning. The plants were handed out as part of the airport’s holding company ...

Hermes airports is offering free plants and trees to the public on Saturday, the airports’ operating company said in an announcement on Friday. The trees will be distributed at Larnaca ...

People leaving Lebanon continued to arrive in Cyprus on Thursday, with flights landing at Larnaca airport and boats continuing to dock at the marinas in Larnaca and Ayia Napa as ...

A 58-year-old woman was arrested early on Friday at Larnaca airport after more than two kilograms of cocaine were found in her luggage. According to a police statement, members of ...

A flight to evacuate Cypriot nationals from Lebanon, operated with a Lebanese carrier, is planned for late Friday night, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Friday. The additional Middle ...

Governments on Thursday were ramping up their preparations to assist their citizens in Lebanon who wished to depart the country. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on Thursday that her ...

Five out of ten flights diverted from the EU to Larnaca Airport, originally bound for Israel, resumed their departures on Wednesday. These flights had been rerouted from Tel Aviv due ...

An overwhelming 98.9 per cent of passengers in July and 97.8 per cent in August were processed through security checks at Cyprus airports in less than ten minutes, the transport ministry said ...

A 61-year-old European citizen has been remanded for seven days, pending investigations into the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north. Police spokesman Christos Andreou told the Cyprus News ...

Larnaca Airport has been facing increasing complaints from passengers about long queues, prompting Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades to address the issue on Wednesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Vafeades acknowledged that ...