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Economy

Cyprus residents spent over €2.5bn on trips abroad in 2025

Cyprus residents spent 2,531.1 million euros on trips abroad in 2025, up 22.2 per cent on 2024, as the...
Economy

MEPs approve 14-day refunds, free flights for companions

Passengers whose flights are cancelled will get a full refund within 14 days, even when they booked through an...
World

Italian air traffic control fault disrupts flights across Europe

A fault in the data network behind Italy’s air traffic control systems disrupted flights across Europe on Friday, after...
Living in Cyprus

New website offers real-time passenger congestion forecasts for Cyprus airports

Airport experiences tend to swing one of two ways: arriving too early and ending up waiting for your gate...
Local

Paphos tourism board welcomes Aegean decision on summer 2027 routes

Aegean will maintain its routes to and from Paphos International Airport for the 2027 summer season, the Paphos Regional...
Economy

Cyprus residents’ trips top 3.8 million in 2025, Eurostat says

Cyprus residents made 3,815,322 trips for personal and business reasons in 2025, up from 3,366,862 in 2024, according to...
Economy

EU rules force airlines to refund passengers within seven days

Airlines will have to refund passengers within seven days and offer them an alternative flight within three hours under...
Local

Brits kicked off easyJet Larnaca flight after refusing to stop vaping (video)

A group of British passengers were escorted off an easyJet flight from Larnaca to Birmingham after they repeatedly ignored...
World

Another air traffic control failure delays flights at UK airports

Britain's air traffic control provider NATS said a failure had delayed flights at several British airports on Monday, less...
Local

Life-threatening treatment-abroad cases decided in 42 minutes, HIO says

Cyprus's Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has approved 889 of the 1,234 requests it received to send patients abroad for...
World

New EU fingerprint EES border checks still not fully in place in nine countries

Nine European countries are still not fully applying the EU’s new biometric border checks for non-EU travellers, despite a...
World

Turkish Airlines flight diverted after severe turbulence near Tunis

A Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Tunis was diverted after severe turbulence during a storm caused panic among...
World

British airport chaos disrupts flights to and from Cyprus (photos+videos)

British airports have been in chaos since Tuesday because of a technical fault at air traffic control provider NATS,...
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