Cyprus Airways

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Cyprus Airways
IATA
CY		 ICAO
CYP		 Callsign
CYPRUS
Founded 1947
Hubs Larnaca International Airport
Focus cities Paphos International Airport
Frequent flyer program SunMiles
Member lounge Executive Lounge
Fleet size 17
Destinations 28 in 26 Cities and 19 countries
Parent company Government of Cyprus
Headquarters Nicosia, Cyprus
Key people Kikis N. Lazarides (CEO)
Website: http://www.cyprusairways.com

Cyprus Airways Public Ltd (Greek: Κυπριακές Αερογραμμές, Kipriakes Aerogrammes Turkish: Kıbrıs Hava Yolları ) 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.[1]

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[edit] History

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.[2] Operations commenced on 18 April 1948 with Douglas DC-3 aircraft on regional routes from Nicosia International Airport. Under a charter agreement, Cyprus Airways 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.

Airbus A330-200
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A319-100 in Vienna
Airbus A319-100 in Vienna

Cyprus Airways 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 (at March 2007).[1]

[edit] Destinations

Services (as of March 2008) [3]:

[edit] Europe

[edit] Asia

[edit] Southwest Asia

Airbus A320-200
Airbus A320-200

[edit] Fleet

The Cyprus Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2008):

Aircraft # Passenger (Business/Economy) Routes
Airbus A319-100 2 126 (12/114) Amman, Athens, Bahrain, Brussels, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, Rhodes, Rome, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zurich.
Airbus A320-200 7 158 (15/143)
156 (25/131)		 Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Birmingham, Bucharest, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, London Heathrow, London Stansted, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rhodes, Rome, Riyadh, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zurich
Airbus A330-200 2 295 (30/265) London Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam and sometimes Athens and Manchester

Cyprus Airways has an average fleet age of 12.4 years (as of February 2007).[citation needed]. The A319 fleet has an average age of 5 years, the A320 fleet an average age of 16.7 years and the A330 fleet an average age of 4.4 years.

  • Past Fleet:
    • Douglas DC-3
    • Airspeed Elizabethan
    • Vickers Viscount 806
    • de Havilland Comet
    • Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E and 1E
    • BAC 1-11 500
    • Douglas DC 9-15
    • Douglas DC 8-52
    • Douglas DC6B Freighter
    • Bristol Britannia 253 CMK 1 Freighter
    • Canadair CL44 D4-1 Freighter
    • Boeing B707-123B
    • Airbus A310-200

[edit] Livery

The Cyprus Airways livery is an all white fuselage, 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 indigenous to Cyprus.

[edit] SunMiles

SunMiles is Cyprus Airways' frequent flyer program. There are 4 tiers of membership: Student, Regular, Premier and Elite.

[edit] Services

Cyprus Airways offers travel in economy (Aphrodite class Y) and business class (Apollo class C). Apollo class passengers have access to the Sunjet executive lounge at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 3 April 2007
  2. ^ Cyprus Airways brief history. Cyprus Airways. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
  3. ^ Welcome to Cyprus Airways official home page - Book online cheap flights to and from Cyprus, Europe, Middle East and Gulf

[edit] External links

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Airlines of Cyprus

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