Air travel between Cyprus and Britain is disrupted because of arctic weather conditions in the UK.
Air travel at Manchester seems to have been restored and a Cyprus Airways plane is scheduled to depart at 1500 (UK time). The plane is expected to bring back to Cyprus passengers, whose flight was cancelled yesterday at Birmingham.
Hermes Airports Communications and Public Relations Director Adamos Aspris told CNA today that due to bad weather conditions in Europe and the UK, “changes are anticipated to continue today on flights to and from Cyprus”.
He called on travelers to contact the airlines they have made reservations with to find out the status of their flights.
According to Manchester and Heathrow websites, the first one is operating but Heathrow Airport announced it would not be accepting arrivals on Sunday, and will only manage a handful of departures as its airfield team continues to deal with the impact of yesterday's bad weather and prepares the airport for a full re-opening on Monday.
In a statement today, Cyprus Airways expressed regret for the inconvenience passengers are facing due to the weather conditions mainly at UK airports, leading to flight cancellations yesterday and today.
It said that after a Heathrow Airport Authority announcement, there will be no arrivals until 2200 tonight while some departures do not include Terminal 1 where Cyprus Airways flies from.
For this reason, said CY, passengers affected will travel when conditions allow and will be informed accordingly.
Cyprus Airways said efforts are underway to transfer to hotels passengers of yesterday’s flights who remained stranded at Heathrow Airport for many hours. These passengers will be informed on their new departure time as soon as the situation becomes clear, the statement added.
However, due to the extremely difficult weather conditions and the large number of passengers from all companies that are stranded at London’s airports, finding hotels and transporting them is very hard, the statement noted.
Passengers of yesterday’s CY flight from Stansted Airport are scheduled to leave tonight at 2020 for Paphos – Larnaca.
Passengers of yesterday’s flight CY346 which was diverted to Brussels from Heathrow will travel to London when conditions allow.
Weather conditions have also affected Cyprus Airways flights to Frankfurt, Salonica and Paris. Passengers are advised to call the CY call centre at the following number 80 0000 08 to make new arrangements.
