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Cyprus Airways Public Ltd is the National Airline of Cyprus, based in Nicosia. It operates scheduled services to over 30 destinations in Europe, the Middle East and the Gulf. Its main operational base is Larnaca International Airport, due to the closure of Nicosia International Airport following the 1974 Turkish invasion. It also has a hub at Paphos International Airport. Cyprus Airways was established on 24 September 1947 as a joint venture between the colonial Government of Cyprus, BEA (British European Airways) and private interests. Operations commenced on 18 April 1948 with Douglas DC-3 aircraft on regional routes from Nicosia International Airport.
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Under a charter agreement, they began to use BEA Vickers Viscount airliners from 18 April 1953 over the Athens-Nicosia sector as a continuation of the BEA London-Rome-Athens service. BEA took over the operation of all Cyprus Airways services effective 26 January 1958 by special arrangement. The first Hawker Siddeley Trident jet was introduced in September 1969. Cyprus Airways used five Trident jets, three of them acquired from BEA, but two units were destroyed in the wake of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the Turkish Air Force attack on Nicosia airport in July 1974 while the third unit had to be abandoned. All of the Cypriot airline's operations had to be suspended at that time.
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The Company was able to restart limited operations from Larnaca on 8 February 1975. In 1992, it established its wholly-owned charter subsidiary Eurocypria Airlines to obtain a greater share of the burgeoning inbound IT charter market to Cyprus. It founded Hellas Jet in Athens (Greece) in 2002, holding a 75% share of that carrier. Cyprus Airways is owned by the Government of Cyprus (69.62%) and private shareholders (30.38%) and has 1,220 employees.
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Destinations Belgium o Brussels (Brussels Airport) Bulgaria o Sofia (Sofia Airport) France o Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport) Germany o Frankfurt (Frankfurt Airport) Greece o Athens (Athens International Airport) o Heraklion (Heraklion International Airport) o Rhodes (Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras") o Thessaloniki (Makedonia International Airport) Italy o Milan (Malpensa Airport) o Rome (Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport) Netherlands o Amsterdam (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol) Russia o Moscow (Sheremetyevo International Airport) Switzerland o Zόrich (Zόrich Airport) United Kingdom o Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport) o London (London Heathrow Airport) (London Stansted Airport) o Manchester (Manchester Airport) Asia Bahrain o Bahrain Airport Israel o Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion Airport) Jordan o Amman (Queen Alia Airport) Lebanon o Beirut (Rafic Hariri Airport) Saudi Arabia o Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport) o Riyadh (King Khalid International Airport Syria o Damascus (Damascus Airport) United Arab Emirates o Dubai (Dubai Airport) Africa Egypt Cairo (Cairo Airport)
Airbus A319-132, 3 aeroplanes 126 (12/114) Amman, Athens, Bahrain, Brussels, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, Rhodes, Rome, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zurich Third aircraft delivered by ILFC on 26 November 2008 Airbus A320-231, 6 planes 158 (15/143) 156 (25/131) Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Birmingham, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, London-Heathrow, London-Stansted, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rhodes, Rome, Riyadh, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zurich Airbus A330-243, 2 planes 295 (30/265) London-Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and sometimes Athens Source: Wikipedia Stats & Historical, Cyprus Airways Ltd.
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