Smooth run for new Cyprus Larnaka Airport in first month of operation

Operations at the new Larnaka International Airport, which opened barely a month ago, are running smoothly, Minister of Communications and Works Nicos Nicolaides has said.

The Minister, who inspected on Monday the airport, had a meeting with the administrator of the new airport terminal, officials from the Department of Civil Aviation and other interested state and private services in a bid to examine any problems which might have arisen during the first four weeks since the new terminal opened to air traffic.

Larnaka International Airport began operating on November 17.

''The operation of the new terminal has been successful and we must say so as the transition from the old to the new airport is a difficult task,'' Nicolaides said in statements after the meeting.

The Cypriot Minister added that ''there were no problems affecting the flow of air traffic,'' noting that any problems that emerged were dealt with immediately and efficiently.

Regarding the future use of the old terminal, Nicolaides said that there are some thoughts and recommendations by the Administrator, as part of his contract.

“We are assessing these ideas which affect both the old airport as well as the surrounding area of the new airport to find the best possible solutions which would further improve the new airport,” the Minister added.

The new airport was constructed at an estimated cost of 656.3 million euro. The 10,000-square-meter-terminal features 67 check-in counters, 14 airline ticket desks, eight check-in kiosks, 16 air-bridges, seven security points, five aircraft baggage conveyor belts, and parking spaces for 2,450 cars. Its annual passenger capacity is 7.5 million.