Cyprus Airways Cuts Paphos Flights

Posted 10/08/2011

Cyprus Airways is to reduce its flights from Paphos Airport during the Northern Winter 2011/2012 schedule as it focuses its operations at its primary hub at Larnaca Airport to cut costs.  The airline will drop its flights from Paphos to London, Manchester and Thessaloniki; and while it will continue to serve Amsterdam, the number of flights will be reduced significantly.  This means that between November 25 and February 17, 2012 there will actually be no scheduled Cyprus Airways flights from the airport.

The Dutch capital is currently served three times a week directly from Larnaca and once weekly by an aircraft which makes a stop in Paphos on both its outward and return journey.  During the winter this flight will only serve Paphos on November 18, November 25, February 18 and March 24 operating directly from/to Larnaca the other weeks. 

In the past year Cyprus Airways has carried an estimated 22,000 O&D passengers between Larnaca and Amsterdam and around 13,000 between Paphos and the Dutch capital.  It has faced increasing competition at Paphos from the growing presence of low-cost carriers and is now the fifth largest carrier by weekly seat capacity at its home airport behind easyJet, Transaero Airlines, Monarch Airlines and Jet2.com

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