Cobalt set to serve Cyprus

BTN News
Thursday, 23 June 2016

A new low-cost airline, Cobalt, takes to the skies in Cyprus on July 07, seeking to tap into the Mediterranean island's resurgent tourism market.


The country has been without a national carrier since the collapse of Cyprus Airways in 2013.


Andrew Pyne, its ceo, says he wants to turn the island's main airport, Larnaca, into a regional hub serving Europe and the Middle East.


Cobalt, a collaboration between local and Chinese investors, plans to run a fleet of five planes by the end of summer and to have 10 by 2017.


It will start with services to and from eight destinations in Britain, Ireland and Greece. Later, it plans to open routes to Israel, Iran and countries in Asia.


In May this year there were more visitors to Cyprus than ever before – with particularly high numbers from Britain and Russia – and the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) predicts 2016 will see record numbers.

Cobalt set to serve Cyprus

BTN News
Thursday, 23 June 2016

A new low-cost airline, Cobalt, takes to the skies in Cyprus on July 07, seeking to tap into the Mediterranean island's resurgent tourism market.


The country has been without a national carrier since the collapse of Cyprus Airways in 2013.


Andrew Pyne, its ceo, says he wants to turn the island's main airport, Larnaca, into a regional hub serving Europe and the Middle East.


Cobalt, a collaboration between local and Chinese investors, plans to run a fleet of five planes by the end of summer and to have 10 by 2017.


It will start with services to and from eight destinations in Britain, Ireland and Greece. Later, it plans to open routes to Israel, Iran and countries in Asia.


In May this year there were more visitors to Cyprus than ever before – with particularly high numbers from Britain and Russia – and the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) predicts 2016 will see record numbers.