Cyprus Airways

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Cyprus Airways is the national airline of Cyprus, based in Nicosia. It operates scheduled services to cities in Europe, the Middle East and the Gulf. Its main base is Larnaca International Airport (LCA), with a hub at Paphos International Airport (PFO).

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 Livery
5 Miscellaneous
6 External links

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History

Cyprus Airways was established on 24 September 1947 as a joint venture between the Cypriot Government, British European Airways (BEA) and private interests. It started operations on 19 April 1948. Initially Douglas DC-3 aircraft were used on regional routes from Nicosia. From 1953 Vickers Viscounts owned and operated by BEA were used on services to London. These were replaced with the introduction of De Havilland Trident Two aircraft acquired from BEA, with BEA red-wings, but otherwise in full Cyprus Airways livery. It lost its Nicosia base and several aircraft when Turkey invaded Cyprus in July 1974, but restarted limited operations from Larnaca on 8 February 1975. In 1992 it established, and wholly owns, Eurocypria Airlines to obtain greater share of the charter market to Cyprus, and founded Hellas Jet in Greece in 2002 and holds a 75% share of that airline. Cyprus Airways is owned by the Government of Cyprus (69.62%) and private shareholders (30.38%).

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Services

Services currently flown are as follows (at February 2005):

Larnaca to Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Beirut, Birmingham, Brussels, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, London Heathrow, London Stansted, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna and Zürich.
Paphos to Amsterdam, Athens, Birmingham, Frankfurt, London Heathrow and Luton.

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Fleet

The Cyprus Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2005):

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Livery

The Cyprus Airways livery is an all white fuselage section, with the words Cyprus Airways in blue over the front passenger windows. The tail is all blue with a mouflon symbol, a type of wild sheep indegenous to Cyprus.

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Miscellaneous

Cyprus Airways is a victim of a ticketing mishap by codeshare partner Alitalia. Alitalia sold hundreds of business-class tickets on the Toronto-Larnaca routes for $39.00 CAD - Cyprus Airways will have to transport the passengers on the Milan/Rome-Larnaca legs, likely at a significant financial loss to the company.

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