Cyprus Airways launches 188,000 seat sale
Cyprus Airways operates its Winter flight schedule on 30 October with 28 direct weekly scheduled services to key airports in Greece, Lebanon, and Armenia.
Athens will be served with a twice-daily flight and six-weekly services to Tel Aviv and Beirut.
Flights to Yerevan will continue throughout this winter with a twice-weekly service.
Madonna Hoyek, Cyprus Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, said: “We are encouraged to see that air travel continues to fast recover and confidence in the market is increasing steadily.
“We are optimistic that the 188,000 seats we offer on the market will continue to assist and boost travel and tourism to Cyprus and ensure critical connectivity to and from the country while motivating more Cypriots to visit their favourite cities.
“This schedule offers our customers multiple frequencies at great timings and the best value for money.”
CEO Paul Sies added: “This schedule shows a strong commitment by Cyprus Airways to the Island’s connectivity and the local economy and tourism industry.
“We are slowly building-up structural and frequent connectivity again between Cyprus and key destinations, and we are proud of this.
“We remain committed to assisting and growing tourism and economy by facilitating travel and serving the Cypriot market, its economy and tourism industry while our commitment expands to being the only Cypriot flag carrying airline that structurally connects Cyprus.
“Cyprus Airways offers more structural connectivity to and from the country than any other Cypriot Carrier.
“Our aim this winter is to present a schedule that secures services to key destinations and gradually continue building much-needed passenger and cargo capacity for 2023 in line with our 5-year strategic plan”.
More information about the flight schedule is available on www.cyprusairways.com.
Cyprus Airways resumed operations as a private concern in 2016.
The airline operates an Airbus A319 and two Airbus A320 aircraft fleet to sevenscheduled destinations — Athens,
Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Yerevan, and Rhodes.
Solid summer performance
Cyprus Airways announced its August traffic results confirm steady operational progress as it looks to expand its fleet and flight schedule.
During this month, the airline operated 321 flights and carried 47,514 passengers (39,237 on scheduled routes and 8,277 on charter business).
Average Seat Load Factors for the month stood at a healthy 94%, whilst OTP (On Time Performance) figures show that 89% of flights operated on time.
“These results continue to build on the constant progress registered this year,” said Andreas Georgiou, Chief Operating Officer.
“We have invested over EUR 50 million to be in a position to add two new Airbus A320 aircraft to our fleet and employ additional crew sets to increase capacity.
“Notwithstanding the substantially increased capacity, we are happy to note that our Seat Load Factors are above 90%, and our OTP figures over July ’22 improved from 76% to 89%, which is well above the current European average.”
CEO Paul Sies said: “After announcing a strong (and net profitable) July 2022 performance, we are today announcing an even better result for August.
“We have continued to improve our already high Seat Loaf Factors by 2% (July: 92%) and registered new business opportunities, including extra (sportsrelated) charter flights.
“Over the last two months, we operated 750 flights, carried over 100,000 passengers, and achieved strong load factors throughout our network. We have also secured an ACMI lease operation of one of our aircraft in Latvia, which in August secured us another 126 more flights which we operated on behalf of the charterer.
“This summer, our most popular routes of Athens, Beirut, Tel-Aviv and Yerevan have improved our revenues, and we are looking forward to announcing soon a strong route network for this winter.
“As we continue to grow the connectivity between Cyprus and key destinations, we remain committed to assisting the Island by boosting tourism demand and facilitating travel to and from the island.”