Rise in air traffic at Larnaca

There was a rise in air traffic at Larnaca airport on Thursday because of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, as Cyprus seems to be acting as transit point for passengers.

Overnight, two flights to Tel Aviv from Switzerland and Germany were diverted to Larnaca where they stayed for a while before resuming their journey to their destination.

And three empty planes were dispatched to Larnaca from the neighbouring country to pick up passengers and carry them to Israel.

Ten flights to and from Israel were scheduled on Thursday – five arrivals and five departures.

Two, scheduled by Cyprus Airways – arrival and departure – were cancelled while the other eight were being carried out as scheduled by 9pm.

 

 

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