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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 ...

A 23-year-old Italian national was arrested on Thursday at Larnaca airport after customs officials found over 26 kilogrammes of cannabis in his luggage. According to the customs department, officers conducted a ...

The government and airport operator Hermes are close to reaching a deal on the second phase of works promised at the Larnaca and Paphos airports, which would extend the company’...

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 ...

Eight-day remand orders were issued on Tuesday by the Larnaca district court against an 18-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man for possession of over 25kg of cannabis. The woman was ...

Four in five British Turkish Cypriots travelling to Cyprus are choosing to fly to Larnaca or Paphos airport rather than the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, Turkish Cypriot opposition party ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines flight which landed at Larnaca airport on Tuesday carrying players and coaches from Azeri football club Zira FK had “special permission” to land, the airport said on ...

Heavy fog at Larnaca airport caused four flights to be diverted to Paphos early on Saturday morning. According to Hermes Airports, after 3am, the fog prevented flights from Frankfurt, Zurich, ...

Workers at airport handling company Goldair Handling went on an impromptu strike at Larnaca airport on Friday, impacting the inbound flight of Cypriot Olympic medallist Pavlos Kontides, among others. A ...

Larnaca Airport customs department on Tuesday announced the confiscation of a large volume of smuggled tobacco products, intended for the UK. The stash was intercepted on Friday when, when after ...

Dogs are to be stationed in the departure lounge at Larnaca airport with the aim of both calming nervous flyers and encouraging adoptions from dog shelters, Cyprus’ airports’ operator Hermes ...

A Lufthansa flight from Munich to Tel Aviv landed in Larnaca, Cyprus, Israeli press reports said on Thursday. Times of Israel said the airline told Channel 12 that the plane landed ...

A British woman who attempted to import cannabis into the island was on Tuesday jailed for 11 years by the Larnaca criminal court. The 22-year-old was arrested with 16kg of the ...

Larnaca District Court remanded a 28-year-old man for six days for falsely identifying himself at the airport, after he was found lying on the ground. According to police, the man ...

By Robert Morgan Some 22 city and long-distance taxi licences were suspended from entering Larnaca airport by the Licencing Authority between June 20 and July 10 for violations of pickup/drop-off rules, with ...

Civil aviation employees are threatening to escalate their actions after a two-hour work stoppage failed to prompt government action on staffing issues, it emerged on Thursday. According to a statement ...

A wanted man arrested for financial fraud will be brought before the Larnaca district court on Tuesday for the start of his extradition process. Police arrested the man on Monday ...

Two women found with dozens of kilos of cannabis were remanded for eight-days, the Larnaca District Court decided on Thursday. The two women, 20 and 22 from an EU country, were found ...

The occupancy rate of the aircraft arriving in Cyprus last month reached around 85 per cent and is on the rise as peak season approaches, Hermes Airports said on Friday. Director ...

The transport ministry on Friday reported a rise in passenger traffic at Larnaca and Paphos airports for May 2024. The total number of passengers that transited at both airports reached 1,140,659, marking ...

Three passengers set to board a flight to Britain were remanded on Wednesday for possession of duty-free goods in their luggage. The customs authorities had found 392 boxes of 200 cigarettes each ...