#Tymbou (Ercan) airport

Reports that Turkish Cypriot air traffic controllers “harassed” the aircraft on which Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias was flying to Cyprus overnight are “misrepresentations” of the truth, Turkish Cypriot air ...

The blanket ban on the use of personal drones on the British bases has been lifted, the bases’ authorities said on Tuesday, while the ban on drones near the north’...

Three Turkish F-16 fighter jets took off from the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Tuesday afternoon. The sound of the jets’ engines firing up was audible across most of ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Thursday travelled to Cyprus, and used his visit to warn against “the use of the island in operations targeting the Middle East”. He said ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Wednesday confirmed that American officials had visited Ercan (Tymbou) airport to inspect its capability for “evacuations” but said that this is standard ...

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 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, ...

Turkish Cypriot taxpayers are paying 10 million TL (€264,620) every month to pay for Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s electricity consumption, the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s workers’ trade union El-Sen leader ...

Ercan (Tymbou) airport’s holding company T&T’s general manager Serhat Ozcelik on Thursday insisted that the airport had not made a 1 billion TL (€29.8 million) loss in 2023, after ...

An electricity panel exploded at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen chairman Ahmet Tugcu said on Thursday. Tugcu said ...

Former British minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith visited the north on Friday, meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and calling for direct flights from the United Kingdom to the north’...

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 ...

A Greek national appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having left for the Republic via the Ledras street crossing point without having gone through the passport ...

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 ...

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 ...

The visit by US Congressman Pete Sessions to the north was condemned as a violation of international law and a deviation from the official US position, the foreign ministry said ...

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 ...

The first test flight from the new airport in Tymbou (Ercan) took place on Wednesday, with the airport set to officially open on July 20, according to ‘transport minister’ in the ...

A Turkish Airlines plane, on a flight from the Dalaman to Beirut on Wednesday, requested to land at the illegal Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north due to engine failure. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan are ready to carry out direct flights to the north, transport ‘minister’ Erhan Arıklı said on Wednesday. According to Turkish Cypriot press reports, the north ...