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Turkish Cypriot court allows CTA privatisation so Unions stage rally
Yesterday (24th June 2010) the Turkish Cypriot’s top administrative court rejected an appeal to disallow the privatisation of the collapsed Cyprus Turkish Airline. This paves the way for AtlasJet to own 50.01% of the shares of the company and for the government to take a back seat in the operation. AtlasJet are supposed to... »
Cyprus Turkish Airlines “grounded while insolvent”
News is coming from Cyprus44 Bulletin Board that CTA has finally been grounded, leaving passengers stranded. Today’s Ercan to London Stansted flight has definitely been cancelled as has the 12:30 Stansted to Ercan flight. No official news has come out about the grounding but according to a Turkish news item CTA’s aeroplanes have been... »
Cyprus Turkish Airways deal means sacking most of staff
It is understandable that Buran Atakan, the head of the airline workers union, should be upset. According to Cyprus Mail a copy of a leaked contract document outlining Atlas Jet’s proposed partnership deal includes the laying off of all 670 staff with the exception of pilot and cabin crews. All administrative running of the... »
CTA airline on strike – 7/4/2010
Currently, most or all of Cyprus Turkish Airline staff appear to be on strike. Very little information is being released. This appears to be an unplanned strike and so it is doubtful that CTA will compensate passengers. Most travel insurances, however, will pay out but it is important to check the fine print as... »
TRNC Tourist Authority wins 1st prize in Berlin
Internationaler Tourismus Börse Berlin 15.3.2010 The Stand of the TRNC tourist authority was awarded the best (exhibition) stand in Europe award. Beating the the Greeks into second place followed by Switzerland in 3rd. The director of the TRNC stand Dr Önel Dorak responded by saying he was very pleased and this was proof that... »
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... »
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... »
Nicosia International Airport – part 3
This is a short slideshow of some of the photos taken at Nicosia International Airport: number of views: 146 »
