A musical feast waited visitors at Larnaka Airport on September 27. In collaboration with Avantgarde, Hermes Airports celebrated World Tourism Day by hosting an original piano recital by internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Savvas Savva. The event is part of The Piano Tour, a cultural initiative that brings classical music everywhere.

A significant recognition has been added to the accolades of Larnaka International Airport. Larnaka Airport which is managed and operated by Hermes Airports was ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Best Airports in Europe’ Awards (five to 10 million passengers category) during the 35th Annual Congress and General Assembly of ACI Europe (Airports Council International Europe), which took place in Athens, on June 19 of this year.

Hermes Airports on March 21 announced that it has completed the financing process for Phase 2 works, with the signing of all agreements with the banks which are financing the project.

On 28 October LOT Polish Airlines relaunched a connection between Warsaw and Larnaca.

The year 2023 concluded with a positive sign for tourism in Cyprus, as passenger traffic at Cyprus airports recorded more than 11.6 million passengers, with an average of 32,000 passengers per day (41K/summer, 18K/winter). Passenger traffic in 2023 had an increase of three percent compared to 2019, marking the best performance ever recorded at Cyprus Airports.

The first half (H1) of this year concluded on a positive note in terms of passenger traffic at Cyprus' airports, with a significant three percent increase compared to the corresponding period in 2019 and a total of 4,808,431 passengers. Specifically, during January-June 2023, 3,252,612 passengers travelled from Larnaca airport, while 1,555,819 passengers travelled from Paphos airport.

Hermes Airports has achieved the Gold Accreditation of Investors in People (IIP) for the well-being practices implemented by the organisation.

The best performing February ever at Cyprus Airports, was this February with a 10 percent increase in comparison to the passenger traffic of February in 2019, a record year in terms of passenger traffic. In total, more than 454,000 passengers travelled to and from Larnaca and Paphos airports.

Hermes Airports and the Cypurs Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works have signed the commercial agreement for the airline incentive schemes covering the period 2022-2027.

The best performing month for this year, so far, was June, with Cyprus’ total passenger traffic surpassing one million passengers (Larnaca Airport: 650,519 – Paphos Airport: 358,550), and the average aircraft load factor reaching 87 percent (87 percent arriving and 86.2 percent departing).