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Atlasjet Office in Girne – CTA return tickets exchanged without fuss
Today at 11.10am we arrived at the Girne Offices of Atlasjet, on the Lefkosa roundabout next to the electrical shop. The 4 grandchildren accompanied us and we sat for 10 minutes to await our turn and when it came I gave the old CTA tickets to the travel agent and 10 minutes later, with... »
ABTA concerned about Atlasjet’s support for CTA ticket holders
Atlasjet had said they would take over CTA’s 12,000 outstanding bookings but ABTA is reporting that their agents are saying that flights are being offered but not to the same airport. “In some cases, the flights are to Ankara which is a nine-hour transfer to some of the resorts,” said an ABTA spokesman. Tanzer... »
Greek Cypriots spent $1m using airlines in the TRNC
Greek Cypriots are increasingly using the internationally unrecognised Ercan airport in north Cyprus to travel abroad, according to the credit card company JCC. In the first six months of 2010, spending on airlines in the north (and Antalya) using credit cards issued in the south reached €731,720. Evidence suggests that Greeks Cypriots can increasingly... »
Exchanging CTA tickets for Atlasjet tickets in the UK
Atlasjet have now allowed 4 travel agents to re-issue tickets in the UK. Direct Travel advertised on Cyprus44 and gave their website address so that the process is made easier through them. They also make clear from the outset that they will be charging £15 per person to re-issue tickets. Hopefully this will be... »
Atlasjet selling tickets for abandoned CTA passengers’ “extra flights”
Had a quick look at the Atlasjet website and was pleased to see that there was an extra flight put on for CTA ticket holders leaving 22:15 on 6th July 2010. I thought how kind it was of new majority owners Atlasjet to do this for all those Cyprus Turkish Airline ticket holders about... »
Choas at Ercan airport – men allegedly push in front of women, children and disabled
Can only quote a reliable source on Cyprus44: “We were there this morning for that flight and you can guess where we are at present, and it is not on way to Stansted. Staff would not deal with Turkish people pushing in at front etc by telling them to get lost. Security man came... »
CTA replacement flights – week ending Saturday 3rd July 2010
The information below is taken from the Atlasjet website and having confirmed that a passenger has just gone through passport control and is currently in the lounge waiting for the departure of the 10:30 Ercan-Stansted (KK9153/9953) flight we have decided to publish this weeks replacement flights. The flight is on the Stansted arrivals board... »
Atlas-Jet’s CTA takeover back on?
I ignored a rumour yesterday that the Atlas-Jet takeover (50.01% of shares) was back on and that documents had been signed and $50m had been somehow injected into the deal. The source seemed certain and said that this was common news, but obviously not to those with tickets to fly. That was yesterday and... »
Cyprus Today – Tom Roche’s CTA Opinion
Below we have included a copy of Tom Roche’s Opinion column from Cyprus Today (26/6/2010) number of views: 659 »
Talks between AtlasJet and CTA resume
Just a simple quote from the BRT website: “Talks between Atlas-Jet and the debt stricken Cyprus Turkish Airlines which broke down yesterday resumed today. Speaking to the BRT on the issue, the Minister of Public Works and Communications Hamza Ersan Saner said following a new initiative was launched by the government to solve the... »
