Every plan for the tourism and hotel sector for the year is placed on hold due to the global crisis caused by the pandemic of coronavirus Covid-19.

Aegean Airlines flight had landed at Larnaka International Airport from Athens on April 06. The airline was carrying Cypriot citizens back home, from Athens.

The Hermes Airport team is working hard in close cooperation with the local authorities to enable the Cypriot citizens to return during COVID-19 outbreak.

Hermes Airports thanked Aegean Airlines once again for supporting Cyprus by offering the repatriation flight.

An Aegean flight from China had touched down in Larnaca on April 04.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, 121,354 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in February compared to 102,756 in the corresponding month in 2019, recording an increase of 18,1 percent.

In February there was an increase of 18,7 percent in the trips of residents to Greece (39.,061 in February compared to 32,910 in February 2019) and 11,1 percent increase to the UK (18,389 compared to 16,553 in 2019).

Yiannis Karousos, minister of communications and works, Cyprus, issued on April 02, a decree concerning the prohibition of flights.

The decree is valid as of 12:00 am Cyprus time, April 04, and for a 14 -day period, except for those related to the transport of cargo, departure of passengers from the Republic of Cyprus and flights for humanitarian purposes.

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A total of 38 passengers and a thousand uniforms for doctors and nurses, provided by China, were transported from Athens to Cyprus by a Cyprus Airways aircraft.

Cyprus aviation traffic has declined by 91,6 percent compared to the same period in 2019, following the March 21 decree by the Ministry of Transport to close airports for 14 days due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passenger Survey, revenue from tourism reached EUR40,2 million in January compared to EUR39,6 million in the corresponding month of 2019, recording an increase of 1,5 percent.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announced that on April 02, on the occasion of International Autism Awareness Day, it will once more participate in the Light it Up Blue worldwide campaign.