https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lufthansa-ground-staff-strike-for-higher-pay-amid-inflation
Ground staff at Deutsche Lufthansa went on strike early Wednesday, prompting the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights, and adding to travel disruptions during the busy summer travel season....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-church-wars-over-ukraine-quiet-down
Cyprus' Tamasos metropolitan bishop Isaiah, a top contender for the archbishopric throne who fell out of favor with Archbishop Chrysostomos, traveled to Istanbul this week with the primate’s blessing, a possible signal that the island’s ugly church split over Ukraine was drawing to a quiet close ahead of possible elections...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-officers-fly-to-germany-to-bring-groom-back
Cypriot police officers traveled to Germany this week to pick up a marriage fraud suspect, who is believed to have fled the island where his wife was recently recognized as a trafficking victim in an ongoing criminal case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/wfh-epidemic-blamed-for-travel-chaos-across-europe
The CEO of Qatar Airways has blamed the chaos at airports on a work-from-home "epidemic," Reuters reported on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-upgraded-to-tier-1-in-us-trafficking-in-persons-report
The Ministry of Justice and Public Order has welcomed the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report for 2022 released on Tuesday noting the upgrade of Cyprus to Tier 1 status. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourists-arrested-after-hotel-worker-s-ear-bitten-off
A hotel worker in Ayia Napa had to undergo ear surgery following an altercation on Sunday morning, with police arresting three young males as they were getting ready to board a flight at Larnaca airport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-pakistan-agree-to-cooperate-on-migrant-repatriations
The foundations were laid for the cooperation between Cyprus and Pakistan in the return of migrants, during a meeting between the Interior Minister, Nicos Nouris, and the Director General of the Interior Ministry of Pakistan, Momin Agha on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-times-as-many-cypriots-traveled-abroad-in-june
Cypriots and Cypriot residents traveling abroad increased more than three-fold in June compared with June of last year according to data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-top-worst-airports-to-transit-through-this-month
With the removal of Coronavirus travel restrictions, air travel to, from and throughout Europe is slowly returning to normality, with the European Travel Commission (ETC) predicting that 70 percent of the pre-pandemic travel in the continent will recover this year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/100-000-daily-departing-passengers-limit-at-heathrow-until-september-11
Heathrow Airport said it has introduced a cap of 100,000 daily departing passengers until September 11, as the aviation sector struggles to cope with demand for travel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-reports-rise-in-covid-cases-from-persons-who-traveled-abroad
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that there has been a rise in COVID cases in persons who have traveled outside Cyprus in the past weeks, both tourists and Cypriots alike....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-covid-infected-tourists-no-longer-required-to-quarantine
A new government decision issued by the Greek authorities earlier this week has established that tourists who get infected with the COVID-19 disease while being in Greece will not be required to go into quarantine.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/these-are-the-top-10-airlines-by-flight-cancellations-in-europe
Mabrian, the travel intelligence platform, has analysed data relating to European airline scheduling over the last few weeks in response to the operating challenges that many are facing and has listed the top ten airlines by flight cancellations in Europe....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-a-difficult-summer
It is widely understood by now that anyone who tries to travel by plane this summer will have their patience and endurance tested....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-refugees-await-fate-off-cypriot-coast
Refugees including children and pregnant women stepped on Cypriot soil for medical treatment on Thursday night, while dozens of their fellow travelers were stuck on a boat waiting on an interior ministry verdict that will decide their future...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cancellations-delays-and-strikes-which-destinations-are-the-most-affected
What to know and what to pay attention to those who are preparing to travel...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ba-cancels-hundreds-more-flights-this-summer
Most of the axed journeys, around 650, are in July while Heathrow and Gatwick airports will see around two-thirds of the cancellations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cattle-class-no-more-thanks-to-air-new-zealand-s-skynest
Air New Zealand will introduce sleep pods in the economy class cabins of its ultra-long-haul Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners from 2024. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-grants-asylum-to-thousands-of-refugees-already-protected-by-greece
Germany has granted asylum to thousands of refugees who were previously granted refugee protection in Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/echr-vindicates-cypriot-journalist
A Cypriot journalist won his lawsuit against the Republic of Cyprus this week, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that he was censured in violation of the right to freedom of expression...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-urges-traveling-cypriots-to-fly-off-peak-months
Cypriots are being asked to postpone summer travel during the pick season in order to ‘help not only themselves but also the airlines and airports,' after a crisis in the aviation industry made a crash landing in Europe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/public-world-premiere-of-the-gt4-eperformance-at-the-festival-of-speed
The all-electric Porsche GT4 ePerformance has begun its world tour at the internationally-renowned Goodwood Festival of Speed. The tour is intended to highlight the potential of the vehicle concept and the associated racing formats....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-says-refugee-boat-en-route-to-italy
A boat carrying 100 refugees was said to be en route to Italy after a brief humanitarian stop in Cyprus, with unconfirmed reports also saying a couple expecting a baby stayed behind to seek medical assistance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/abortion-banned-in-multiple-us-states-a-mere-hours-after-roe-v-wade-overturned
Abortion was already illegal in multiple US states on Saturday, with bans introduced within hours of Roe v Wade being overturned, as cities erupted in protest at the landmark ruling.
Abortion banned in multiple US states just hours after Roe v Wade overturned
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-thanks-israel-for-assisting-in-occupied-kantara-fire
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis went to the airport of Larnaka Friday to thank the teams of the firefighting aircraft that arrived from Israel and helped put out the large fire in the Turkish-occupied area of Kantara....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourism-stages-comeback-despite-losses-from-russian-market
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus during May increased significantly compared to the same month of 2021, however, they were still lower compared to May 2019 and with obvious losses from the Russian and Ukrainian markets....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/as-many-as-15-000-passengers-face-cancelled-flights-at-heathrow
In the latest meltdown at a major UK airport, Heathrow has asked airlines flying from Terminals 2 and 3 to cancel 10 percent of their schedules for Monday due to mounting problems with its baggage handling....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-to-greece-ferry-link-launches-with-great-fanfare-video
The launch of the ferry link service between Limassol and Piraeus occurred this Sunday amid great fanfare led by the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades and attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anita Demetriou, and various other Ministers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prison-warden-alleges-illegal-activity-to-undermine-her
Nicosia Central Prisons Warden Anna Aristotelous is launching a complaint against a high-ranking police official, accusing him of enlisting a convicted informant to seek videos that could be politically harmful to the country’s top corrections officer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/and-just-like-that-cyprus-gets-its-own-air-force-one
President Nicos Anastasiades today expressed his sincerest gratitude to Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis for providing Cyprus with its own Presidential aircraft to be used by government officials for authorized trips abroad....
