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German airline Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and British peer easyJet (EZJ.L) on Wednesday gained backing from Europe’s second top court for their acquisitions of insolvent German carrier Air Berlin’...

Air France-KLM is looking at raising fresh funds soon after completing a share issue earlier this year, bolstered by a positive trend in bookings since the United States announced a ...

Etihad Airways is working on what would be its third financing transaction linked to sustainable investment considerations, the Abu Dhabi government-owned airline’s treasurer said on Wednesday. Environmental, social and ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) expects a large deal with Boeing (BA.N) on an order for the 737 MAX 10 “will come our way eventually” as cancellations put pressure on the US planemaker, ...

World Tourism Day with its theme this year of tourism for inclusive growth should be a call for the entire industry to renew itself, stakeholders in Cyprus said on Monday. ...

British Airways said it was scrapping most short-haul operations at London’s no.2 airport Gatwick, blaming pilots for rejecting a plan to set up a new low-cost unit to better ...

Majed Sait and his wife are spending their honeymoon on a cruise in the turquoise waters off Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, a voyage that is still a novelty ...

The official results of the 6th annual Resort and Retreat Awards 2021 hosted by LUX Life magazine are in, with Aphrodite Hills Resort Ltd awarded Best Luxury Holiday Accommodation – Paphos District ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism said that this year’s World Tourism Day’s theme of Tourism for Inclusive growth is fully aligned with Cyprus’ national tourism strategy for 2030. “The ...

Aircraft leasing companies are for the first time buying more of the world’s passenger planes than airlines after the pandemic clobbered carriers around the world, senior industry executives said ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) is not planning to raise billions of euros from shareholders to get the company through the extended COVID-19 crisis, its chief executive Luis Gallego ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) lifted its five-year passenger forecast on Thursday, saying the delivery of an existing Boeing (BA.N) order and increased use of older aircraft would allow it to ...

The mooted deal for Bahrain’s national airline Gulf Air to use Larnaca airport as a hub for a number of international destinations has the potential to open up the ...

Following the success of its summer campaign to attract domestic tourism, the Paphos regional board of tourism announced that it will be extending its inbound tourism promotion for a further ...

Cyprus’ inability to join the group of Schengen countries has adverse effects on its economy, Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) chairman George Mais has said. Speaking to the ...

Cyprus was sixth among EU nations for the decrease in commercial flights in August 2021 compared to 2019, with a slump of 23.8 per cent. Although a considerable knock, the reduction was notably ...

Britain’s biggest airport Heathrow said on Monday passenger numbers were still 71 per cent lower in August compared to the same month before the COVID-19 pandemic, as it demanded that ...

EU competition regulators on Friday gave the green light to a slimmed down successor to Alitalia and said the new state-owned airline was not liable for repaying 900 million euros ($1.1 billion) ...

Europe’s no-frills airlines are heralding a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grab market share from traditional carriers struggling to emerge from the pandemic, but each will have to overcome significant challenges ...

Transavia, which flies to/from Cyprus from Amsterdam, is planning to boost its flights to twice per week in the winter, and once per day in the summer. This is ...

EasyJet (EZJ.L) has rejected a takeover approach from Wizz Air that would have created a low-cost airline to rival Ryanair, opting instead to raise $1.7 billion from shareholders and go ...

Invest Cyprus sponsored The International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), the leading annual conference for the global hotel industry which was hosted in Berlin from 1st – 3rd September. George Campanellas, CEO ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) has ended talks with Boeing (BA.N) on a major new order for Boeing 737 jets due to a disagreement over pricing, the Irish airline said on Monday. ...

When Britain announced Turkey would stay on its “red list” of travel destinations last week, Onur Arican decided to close his boutique hotel on the Aegean coast early this year ...