New Larnaka International Airport welcomes its first passengers

The new Larnaka International Airport came into operation on Tuesday, welcoming its first passengers. Operations at the new Larnaka Airport start with flights of Cyprus Airways and Easyjet exclusively. The other airlines will transfer their arrivals and departures to the new Terminal by 17 November

The first Cyprus Airways flight arrived at 0725 (0525 GMT) in the morning from Amman. Passengers were welcomed at the airport by Communications and Works Minister Nicos Nicolaides, Cyprus Airways and Hermes Airports officials.

A Cyprus Airways flight departed at 0800 for Athens.