More than 500 Australian citizens residing in Lebanon are expected to arrive at Larnaca Airport today on two chartered Qantas flights.
Sources told philenews that Australia has arranged the evacuation of hundreds of its nationals via Cyprus, with chartered flights scheduled to continue for four to five days.
According to abc.net.au, Australia has also arranged accommodation for its citizens in Cyprus. The evacuees are expected to depart for Australia early next week.
The country’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade stated that seats are still available on these flights, urging those interested to secure a spot.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said, “Priority will be given to vulnerable passengers.”
Meanwhile, 31 Slovak nationals are also expected to arrive by air from Lebanon today. Currently, there are only two scheduled flights daily from Lebanon to Cyprus.
The Cypriot Foreign Ministry has stated that it will provide necessary assistance to countries evacuating their citizens.
So far, facilities have been provided to 80 Chinese nationals who arrived from Lebanon by ship at Limassol Port earlier this week, as well as to 41 Portuguese and other European citizens who arrived on a transport aircraft.
It’s worth noting that over the past 48 hours, Cyprus has evacuated a total of 76 of its own citizens from Beirut on two flights, one of which was a Greek Air Force transport aircraft.
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