Cyprus Airways
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{{Infobox_Airline
|airline=Cyprus Airways
|logo=CyprusAirways-logo.png
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|fleet_size=12
|destinations=28 in 26 Cities and 19 countries
|IATA=CY
|ICAO=CYP
|callsign=CYPRUS
|parent=[[Government of Cyprus]]
|founded=[[1947]]
|headquarters=[[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]]
|key_people=Kikis N. Lazarides ([[CEO]])
|hubs=[[Larnaca International Airport]]
|focus_cities=[[Paphos International Airport]]
|frequent_flyer=SunMiles
|lounge=Executive Lounge
|alliance=
|website= http://www.cyprusairways.com
}}
'''Cyprus Airways Public Ltd''' ({{lang-el|Κυπριακές Αερογραμμές}}, ''Kipriakes Aerogrammes'' Turkish: Kıbrıs Hava Yolları ) is the [[flag carrier|national]] [[airline]] of [[Cyprus]], based in [[Nicosia]]. It operates scheduled services to over 30 destinations in [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]] and the [[Persian Gulf|Gulf]]. Its main operational base is [[Larnaca International Airport]], due to the closure of [[Nicosia International Airport]] following the 1974 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, [[British European Airways|BEA (British European Airways)]] and private interests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyprusairways.com/main/default.aspx?it=1&tabid=88&itemid=330 |title=Cyprus Airways brief history |accessdate=2007-10-23 |publisher=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.
[[Image:cyprusairways a330-200 5b-dbs arp.jpg|thumb|right|[[Airbus A330-200]]]]
[[Image:A319-cyprus-airways.jpg|thumb|right|[[Airbus A320#A319|Airbus A319-100 in Vienna]]]]
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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>:
===Europe===
*[[Austria]]
**[[Vienna]] ([[Vienna International Airport]])
*[[Belgium]]
**[[Brussels]] ([[Brussels International Airport]])
*[[Bulgaria]]
**[[Sofia]] ([[Sofia Airport]])
*[[France]]
**[[Paris]] ([[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]) *(some flights via Thessaloniki)
*[[Germany]]
**[[Frankfurt]] ([[Frankfurt International Airport]])
*[[Greece]]
**[[Athens]] ([[Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport]])
**[[Heraklion]] ([[Heraklion International Airport]]) *(1 flight operated by [[Eurocypria]], 3 by Cyprus Airways)
**[[Rhodes, Greece|Rhodes]] ([[Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras"]]) *(via Heraklion)
**[[Thessaloniki]] ([[Thessaloniki International Airport]])
*[[Italy]]
**[[Milan]] ([[Malpensa International Airport]])
**[[Rome]] ([[Leonardo da Vinci International Airport]])
*[[Netherlands]]
**[[Amsterdam, Netherlands]] ([[Schipol Airport]])
*[[Romania]]
**[[Bucharest]] ([[Henri Coandă International Airport]])
*[[Russia]]
**[[Moscow]] ([[Sheremetyevo International Airport]])
*[[Switzerland]]
**[[Zürich]] ([[Zurich International Airport]])
*[[United Kingdom]]
**[[England]]
***[[Birmingham, England|Birmingham]] ([[Birmingham International Airport]])
***[[London]]
****([[London Heathrow Airport]])
****([[Stansted Airport]])
***[[Manchester, England|Manchester]] ([[Manchester International Airport]])
===Asia===
====Southwest Asia====
*[[Bahrain]]
**[[Manama]]
*[[Egypt]]
**[[Cairo]]
*[[Israel]]
**[[Tel Aviv]]
*[[Jordan]]
**[[Amman]]
*[[Lebanon]]
**[[Beirut]]
*[[Saudi Arabia]]
**[[Jeddah]]
**[[Riyadh]]
*[[Syria]]
**[[Damascus]]
*[[United Arab Emirates]]
**[[Dubai]]
[[Image:Cyprus.airways.a320.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|[[Airbus A320-200]]]]
==Fleet==
The Cyprus Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of [[12 July]] [[2008]]) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CY&al_op=1]:
{|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
|
|-
| align="center" | [[Airbus A320-200]]
| align="center" | 8
| 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
| one aircraft is operated by [[Hellas Jet]]
|-
| align="center" | [[Airbus A330-243]]
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 295 (30/265)|| London Heathrow, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and sometimes Athens and Manchester
|
|-
|}
As of [[12 July]] [[2008]], the average age of the Cyprus Airways fleet is 13.4 years ([http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Cyprus%20Airways.htm]).
===Past Fleet===
**Douglas DC-3
**Airspeed Elizabethan
**Vickers Viscount 806
**de Havilland Comet
**Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E and 1E
**BAC 1-11 500
**Douglas DC 9-15
**Douglas DC 8-52
**Douglas DC6B Freighter
**Bristol Britannia 253 CMK 1 Freighter
**Canadair CL44 D4-1 Freighter
**Boeing B707-123B
**Airbus A310-200
==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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cyprusairways.com/ Cyprus Airways]
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