Filenews 19 June 2025
Larnaca Airport is also in full readiness today, which since yesterday has been transformed into a hub for the repatriation of thousands of passengers.
According to information from Fhilenews from Hermes Airports, today 21 flights are expected to be operated with more than 2,500 passengers who want to return to Israel.
The 13 flights will take place to Israel (5 to Tel Aviv and 5 to Haifa) and the remaining 8 flights to Aqaba, Jordan. Those who are transferred by flights to Jordan will then be directed by road to Israel.
At Larnaca Airport, security measures have been increased since yesterday.
It is recalled that yesterday there were 13 special flights, 9 to Haifa and 4 to Tel Aviv.
Israel's Channel 12 reports that an El Al flight that had departed from Cyprus and was carrying Israelis who had been trapped abroad since the beginning of the conflict with Iran, had to be temporarily diverted this morning due to the Iranian missile attack.
The flight circled in the air for about 30 minutes until the authorities confirmed that it was safe to land at Ben Gurion Airport, and then landed without any problems.
It is recalled that Israel's airspace remains closed since Friday due to the war.
More than 200 foreign nationals were transferred to Cyprus through the Estia Plan, due to the conflict between Israel and Iran.
According to information provided by philenews from competent sources, yesterday at 3 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Thursday with two Portuguese aircraft, which arrived from Amman, Jordan to Larnaca Airport, about 80 people, including five Cypriots, were evacuated
So far, through the Estia Plan, a total of 213 people have arrived in our country with 7 aircraft, four from Slovakia and three from Portugal, which in the previous days submitted a relevant request to the Republic of Cyprus. Slovakia is removing its nationals from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and Portugal from Amman, Jordan.
The competent state services are on their feet to provide facilities to foreign nationals arriving in our country.
