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'''Cyprus Airways Public Ltd''' 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 of Cyprus|Turkish invasion]]. It also has a hub at [[Paphos International Airport]].<ref name="FI">Flight International 3 April 2007</ref>

==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.<ref>http://www.cyprusairways.com/main/default.aspx?it=1&tabid=88&itemid=330 Cyprus Airways brief history, 2007-10-23, Cyprus Airways</ref> 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.

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).<ref name="FI"/>

==Destinations==

Services (as of March 2008) <ref>[http://www.cyprusairways.com/main/default.aspx?tabid=55 Welcome to Cyprus Airways official home page - Book online cheap flights to and from Cyprus, Europe, Middle East and Gulf]</ref>:

===Europe===

*Austria
**Vienna (Vienna International Airport)
*Belgium
**Brussels (Brussels Airport)
*Bulgaria
**Sofia (Sofia Airport)
*France
**Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport) (some flights via Thessaloniki)
*Germany
**Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
*[[Greece]]
**[[Athens]] ([[Athens International Airport]])
**[[Heraklion]] ([[Heraklion International Airport]]) (one flight per week operated by [[Eurocypria]] and three by Cyprus Airways)
**[[Rhodes]] ([[Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"]]) (via Heraklion)
**[[Thessaloniki]] ([[Thessaloniki International Airport]])
*Italy
**Milan (Malpensa International Airport)
**Rome (Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport)
*Netherlands
**Amsterdam (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)
*Romania
**Bucharest (Henri Coandă International Airport)
*Russia
**Moscow (Sheremetyevo International Airport)
*Switzerland
**Zürich (Zürich Airport)
*United Kingdom
**England
***Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport) (one flight a week is operated by [[Eurocypria]] and the remaining flights are operated by Cyprus Airways)
***London
****(London Heathrow Airport)
****(London Stansted Airport)
***Manchester (Manchester Airport)

===Asia===

*Bahrain
**Manama
*Israel
**Tel Aviv
*Jordan
**Amman
*Lebanon
**Beirut
*Saudi Arabia
**Jeddah
**Riyadh
*Syria
**Damascus
*United Arab Emirates
**Dubai

===Africa===

*Egypt
**Cairo

==Fleet==
As of November [[2008]], the Cyprus Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft<ref name="PS">[http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Cyprus-Airways?show=current#Fleet_Details Planespotters.net Cyprus Airways page.] Retrieved 5 November 2008</ref> having an average age of 13.8 years<ref>[http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Cyprus%20Airways.htm Airfleets.net fleet age - Cyprus Airways.] Retrieved: 5 November 2008.</ref>:

{|class="wikitable"
! align="center | Aircraft
! align="center" width="20pt" | #
! align="center" | Passenger (Business/Economy)
! align="center" | Routes
! align="center" | Notes
|-
| align="center" | [[Airbus A319-132]]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 126 (12/114)|| Amman, Athens, Bahrain, Brussels, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, Rhodes, Rome, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zurich
|One leased aircraft on order<ref>[http://www.cyprusairways.com/main/default.aspx?mid=691&TabID=91&ItemID=1111 Cyprus Airways announcement to the Cyprus Stock Exchange.] Retrieved: 5 November 2008.</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[Airbus A320-231]]
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 158 (15/143)<br>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
|
|-
| align="center" | [[Airbus A330-243]]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 295 (30/265)|| London Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and sometimes Athens and Manchester
|
|-
|}

==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.

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

==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.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.cyprusairways.com Cyprus Airways]

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[[Category:Airlines of Cyprus]]

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-'''Cyprus Airways Public Ltd''' 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 of Cyprus|Turkish invasion]]. It also has a hub at [[Paphos International Airport]].<ref name="FI">Flight International 3 April 2007</ref>
+'''Cyprus Airways Public Ltd''' was the national airline of [[Cyprus]], based in [[Nicosia]]. It operated scheduled services to over 30 destinations in Europe, the Middle East and the Gulf. Its main operational base was [[Larnaca International Airport]], due to the closure of [[Nicosia International Airport]] following the [[1974]] [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|Turkish invasion]]. It also had a hub at [[Paphos International Airport]].<ref name="FI">Flight International 3 April 2007</ref>
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 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).<ref name="FI"/>
+Cyprus Airways was owned by the Government of Cyprus (69.62%) and private shareholders (30.38%) and had 1,220 employees (at March 2007).<ref name="FI"/>
 ==Destinations==
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 ==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.
+The Cyprus Airways livery was 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.
 ==SunMiles==
-SunMiles is Cyprus Airways' frequent flyer program. There are 4 tiers of membership: Student, Regular, Premier and Elite.
+SunMiles was Cyprus Airways' frequent flyer program. There were 4 tiers of membership: Student, Regular, Premier and Elite.
 ==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.
+Cyprus Airways offered travel in economy (Aphrodite class Y) and business class (Apollo class C). Apollo class passengers had access to the Sunjet executive lounge at Larnaca and Paphos Airports.
 ==References==

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 ! align="center" | Notes
 |-
-| align="center" | [[Airbus A319-132]]
+| align="center" | Airbus A319-132
 | align="center" | 2
 | align="center" | 126 (12/114)|| Amman, Athens, Bahrain, Brussels, Cairo, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Heraklion, Jeddah, Rhodes, Rome, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zurich
 |One leased aircraft on order<ref>[http://www.cyprusairways.com/main/default.aspx?mid=691&TabID=91&ItemID=1111 Cyprus Airways announcement to the Cyprus Stock Exchange.] Retrieved: 5 November 2008.</ref>
 |-
-| align="center" | [[Airbus A320-231]]
+| align="center" | Airbus A320-231
 | align="center" | 7
 | align="center" | 158 (15/143)<br>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
+|
 |-
-| align="center" | [[Airbus A330-243]]
+| align="center" | Airbus A330-243
 | align="center" | 2
 | align="center" | 295 (30/265)|| London Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and sometimes Athens and Manchester
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 |-
 |}
 ==Livery==