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Come to north Cyprus via Larnaca or Ercan?
A friend told me that it was quicker to get to Kyrenia if he went via Larnaca airport. I asked him to explain and he told me that the flight from the UK takes 4 hrs 30 minutes and the taxi takes 1 hr 30 minutes; 6 hrs in total. The same journey to... »
Larnaca airport closes for Christmas
Although the problem was not as serious as those experienced in the UK, two flights were cancelled, one flight was diverted to Beirut and the rest were diverted to Paphos airport. The problem was caused by a problem with the runway lights which Hermes spokesman, Adamos Aspris, said had been fixed overnight. Passengers from the... »
UK in chaos, it snowed!
Well, the weather forecasters warned of it for days and as usual, when it actually happened, no one seemed to be prepared. In Poland, with temperatures as low as -16ºC and a snow depth of a foot or more, Warsaw airport is open and operating normally. Back in the UK, every airport is either... »
Embargoed! offer of cheap flights from Stansted to Ercan
We have been contacted and advised that we have access to a number of cheap tickets to KIBRIS. The price is £200 and the carrier is Pegasus. Flights depart from Stansted any day between 20-23 December returning 1-6 Jan 2010 . I can be contacted at fevzi@embargoed.org Best wishes and for those lucky enough... »
Nicosia International Airport – part 3
This is a short slideshow of some of the photos taken at Nicosia International Airport: number of views: 35 »
Larnaca airport construction disaster
Although only a month old the brand new €656.3m airport in Larnaca is already showing signs that it was not designed properly. The ground floor luggage area is flooded, mud is pouring into the arrival’s hall and the main terminal roof is leaking in several places. If this was not enough, rain damage has... »
Direct route from Israel to north Cyprus in 2010 – revisited
Although in some ways this is old news, the Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis newspaper quotes Cafer Gürcafer, chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Building Contractors’ Union as saying that ferry services will run between Haifa and Famagusta three times a week, with a launch date at the end of January or at the beginning of... »
Ferry to run between Israel and Famagusta in north Cyprus
Kibrisli newspaper reports that a ferry is expected to carry almost 100 000 tourists per year from Israel to Famagusta and is planned to start in December. A 25-person delegation from Israel will arrive in north Cyprus next week in order to finalise the agreement. This is a major snub to international law which forbids... »
Street Map of North Cyprus
Not many people know this, but there is currently a street map of many towns in north Cyprus, similar to the one below These maps can be found at Google Mapmaker and all you need to do is zoom out and then move to the area you want to look at. You can even help... »
I got all excited!
I have now seen this banner on several cheap flight websites and so I tried to get the price on offer. My first port of call was to click the link and see if I could book online. The first thing I notice is a few discrepancies in the booking procedure. Is it poor programming?... »
