UN praises Cyprus support for work on plane suspected of breaching sanctions
The United Nations has praised Cyprus support for the work UN inspectors carried out on the island on a small plane suspected to have violated...
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FBI in Cyprus to inspect suspected arms-smuggling plane
A squad of FBI experts is in Cyprus to inspect an aircraft at Paphos airport with potential links to arms smuggling to Libya, police confirmed...
Hijacker to appeal extradition (Updated)
Nicosia District Court on Friday approved the request by Egypt to extradite Seif Eldin Mustafa to stand trial in connection with the hijacking of an...
Saudi plane isolated at Manila airport after false hijack alarm, incident over
A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane was temporarily isolated after landing at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday following a false hijack alarm, airline and...
At least 6 dead after Russian plane on fire-fighting mission crashes in Siberia
At least six people have died after a Russian plane on a fire-fighting mission crashed in Siberia, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday. Rescue workers...
Probe into sale of police aircraft – reports
Attorney-general Costas Clerides has ordered a probe into an alleged scandal after it appears a search and rescue aircraft was grossly undersold by the state...
‘Hijacker selfie’ was taken by British hostage
One of the most bizarre images from Tuesday’s hijacking was a selfie taken by one of the passengers with Seif Eldin Mustafa inside the Egyptair...
Cyprus concerned over Turkey-Russia tensions (Update)
CYPRUS on Wednesday expressed its “deepest concern” at the situation created after the “unacceptable shooting down of Russian fighter aircraft by the Turkish air force”....
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of ‘serious consequences’ (Video)
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most...
Noratlas excavations to be concluded in the next few days
Εxcavations to locate a Greek military aircraft which was shot down by friendly fire in the summer of 1974 and the remains of the soldiers...
Serbia jetliner heads home after Larnaca emergency landing (Update)
AN Air Serbia passenger aircraft, diverted to Larnaca airport while en route to Belgrade, continued onto its final destination later on Thursday. Airports operator Hermes...
Medivac plane with seven on board disappears west of Senegal (Update)
A medical evacuation plane with seven people on board, including a French patient, disappeared west of Senegal during a flight from Burkina Faso to Dakar,...
Second phase of Noratlas search begins
The second phase of excavations to locate Noratlas, a Greek military plane shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion, began on Thursday at...
Search for downed Noratlas plane to resume on July 27
The excavation works at the Tomb of Makedonitissa in Nicosia in search for the remains of Greek airborne commandos, killed when their Noratlas plane was...
Angry Pakistani passengers throw politician off plane
Fed up with constant delays and flight cancellations, disgruntled Pakistani passengers prevented a senior politician from boarding an airplane after he turned up at least...
CY aircraft grounded over €4m debt (updated)
Airport operator Hermes has secured an interim order preventing a Cyprus Airways (CY) plane from leaving Larnaca International Airport, citing €4.0 million it is owed...
