Eurocypria Airlines

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Eurocypria Airlines

IATA UI	ICAO ECA	Callsign EUROCYPRIA
Founded		1991
Hubs		Larnaca International Airport
Focus cities		Paphos International Airport
Fleet size		6
Destinations		13
Parent company		Government of Cyprus
Headquarters		Larnaca, Cyprus
Key people		Lazaros S. Savvides (Chairman)
Website: http://www.eurocypria.com

Eurocypria Airlines Limited is an airline based in Larnaca, Cyprus. The airline operates flights from Cyprus to 45 European destinations. Its main base is Larnaca International Airport, with a hub at Paphos International Airport.^[1]

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established on 12 June 1991 and was the first Cyprus based charter airline. Operations began on 25 March 1992 with two brand new Airbus A320 aircraft and two more were added later. Since 2001 it has also operated scheduled services from Cyprus, as well as charter flights. In 2003 Eurocypria replaced its Airbus fleet with four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. An Airbus A320 was sold to Cyprus Airways.^{[citation needed]}

Boeing 737-800 landing

It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Cyprus Airways, but on 28 June 2006, the latter sold the entire share capital of Eurocypria to the Government of Cyprus for CY£13,425,000. It was sold due to the poor financial situation at Cyprus Airways, and the fact it was one of the few ventures of Cyprus Airways to make a profit, resulted in the government of the Republic of Cyprus acquiring the airline as a contingency plan to operate it as the country's flag carrier.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

As well as chartered services, Eurocypria also operates scheduled services as follows (as of May 2007):^{[citation needed]}

Larnaca to Belfast International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Cardiff International Airport, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Heraklion, Leipzig, London Gatwick, Manchester Airport, Munich, Newcastle, Bristol UK, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Exeter Airport UK, and Bournemouth(UK).
Paphos to Dublin, Manchester Airport, St.Petersburg, Norwich (Charter)

[edit] Fleet

The Eurocypria Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2008):

6 Boeing 737-800 (two aircraft are operated for AMC Airlines)

Each plane has the name of a wind and each has a different colour vertical stabilizer. The colour correspondence with the registration numbers is as follows:^[2]