Eurocypria Airlines

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Eurocypria Airlines

IATA UI	ICAO ECA	Callsign EUROCYPRIA
Founded		1991
Hubs		Larnaca International Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Paphos International Airport
Fleet size		6
Destinations		13
Headquarters		Larnaca, Cyprus
Key people		Lazaros S. Savvides (Chairman)
Website: http://www.eurocypria.com/

Eurocypria Airlines is an airline based in Larnaca, Cyprus. It was a wholely owned subsidiary of Cyprus Airways, but on 28 June 2006, the latter accepted to sell the entire share capital of Eurocypria to the Government of Cyprus for CY£13,425,000. The airline operates flights from Cyprus to 45 European destinations. Its main base is Larnaca International Airport, with a hub at Paphos International Airport. An oparational basis is also maintained at Heraklion Crete.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established on 12 June 1991 and was the first Cyprus based charter airline. Operations began on 25 March 1992 with two brand new Airbus A320 aircraft and two more were added later. Since 2001 it has also operated scheduled services from Cyprus, as well as charter flights. In 2003 Eurocypria replaced its Airbus fleet with four brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. An Airbus A320 was sold to Cyprus Airways. A poor financial situation at its owner, Cyprus Airways, and the fact it is one of the few ventures of Cyprus Airways to make a profit, means that the government of the Republic of Cyprus is planning on buying the airline as a contingency plan to operate it as the country's flag carrier.

[edit] Services

As well as chartered services, Eurocypria also operates scheduled services as follows (at February 2005):

Larnaca to Berlin-Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Heraklion, Leipzig, London Gatwick, Munich, Newcastle, Nuremberg and Stuttgart
Paphos to Dublin

[edit] Fleet

The Eurocypria Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006 ^[1] :

5 Boeing 737-800

Each plane has the name of a wind and each has a different color vertical stabilizer. The color correspondence with the registration numbers is as follows:
5B-DBU - Blue
5B-DBV - Light blue
5B-DBW - Gray
5B-DBX - White
5B-DBZ - Violet (leased in June 2006)

Also operated is an Airbus A320 aircraft leased from Cyprus Airways. ^{[citation needed]}