13 January Here's an article explaining why passengers were kept waiting yesterday. CyprusMail
12 January Air controllers were on strike today from
3-7 PM.
Ryan air to open new base in Paphos Airport April 2012.
11 January announced today. Cyprus air traffic controllers to strike. (Change in time 11-3PM UTC, expect knock before/on effect..)
Wednesday, January 18
and
Wednesday 25 January,
both days 1 PM to 5 PM.
Will effect Larnaca airport and Paphos Airport. Call your airline, your flight may be bought up, delayed or cancelled.
10 January Larnaca air traffic controllers strike after 8:30 PM tonight till
1 AM tomorrow out for 4 1/2 hrs. Air space will be closed except for emergency
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5 January 2012 Larnaca airport wildcat strike closed till 0600 UTC following day. Can this be legal?
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15 December 2011 Air Traffic Controllers strike, crippling Cypriot air space for twelve hours. All flights had to be cancelled, delayed or bought up. This caused a ripple effect around the world, causing thousands of passengers to change plans. This may have been an illegal strike. Here is some information from Stefanos Evripidou at CyprusMail
Fortunately this is not common but expect 2012 to be a tumultuous year for Cyprus during this economy.
1pm at the control towers of
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23 January Update:-Wednesday's air traffic controllers strike has been cancelled lucky you!
20 January 2012 Union met with government yesterday. Union has graciously decided to strike two hours instead of four hours on Wednesday, 25 January. CyprusMail
Cyprus air traffic controllers will strike
Wednesday 18 January
and
Wednesday 25 January
both days 1 PM to 5 PM.
Will effect Larnaca airport and Paphos Airport. Call your airline, your flight may be bought up, delayed or cancelled.
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Cyprus air traffic controllers strike, Larnaca and Paphos airports.
Always check ETR front page, you don't want to get caught with any industrial action out of Athens effecting flight connections.
Air traffic controllers’ union (PASEEK) They control both airports on Cyprus.
From Jo:- Only way to get off this island and it's by plane. Once you get to Cyprus, there’s no other way off!
Always' have a secure plan to/from the airports.
Who else is on strike today?
Newspapers, sources we use during industrial actions
National Airline
Cyprus Airways CY Service Centre on 8000 0008. Website not always kept up to date.
Airports
Departures and arrivals Hermes Larnaca and Paphos airports
Wednesday's busiest days of the week at Cypriot airports.
Newspapers, sources we use during industrial actions
