Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest growing and most sustainable airlines, recently announced a new route from Larnaca to Abu Dhabi.

On the basis of the results of the Passenger Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, Cyprus’s revenue from tourism reached EUR57,6 million in December 2022 compared to EUR54,0 million in December 2021, recording an increase of 6,7 percent. 

A total number of 136.717 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in January of this year, compared to 48.382 in the corresponding month in 2022, recording an increase of 182,6 percent. 

The main countries from which the residents of Cyprus returned this January were Greece with 32,9 percent and the UK with 12,9 percent. 

Cyprus tourist arrivals reached 90.549 this January compared to 43.944 in January 2022, recording an increase of 106,1 percent.

FLYR Labs, the travel industry’s leading innovator in decision intelligence and end-to-end revenue optimisation, and Cyprus Airways, the flag carrier of Cyprus, recently announced a strategic agreement to implement FLYR’s revenue management and data platform, leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enable Cyprus Airways’ total revenue optimization and forecasting capabilities.

A second Larnaca region archaeological site has been virtually reconstructed under a cooperation between Larnaka Tourism Board (LTB) and the Youth Makerspace Larnaka branch of Youth Board of Cyprus (ONEK).

New research reveals that Ayia Napa is Europe’s seventh best destination for a party in paradise. The study by Bounce analysed European cities on factors such as safety ratings, the number of nightclubs and bars, as well as average beer prices to reveal the best destinations for a party holiday in Europe.

Cyprus Airways recently transported about 10 tons of medical supplies, about one hundred cases of baby food, and other collected goods to support the victims affected by the recent February disastrous earthquake.

Cyprus Airways recently announced the best January passenger results since 2019. For the month of January the Cypriot Flag-carrying airline carried 27,356 passengers (Jan '22: 2,776), almost 10 times more passengers than 2022, operated 277 flights (Jan’22: 80 flights) and improved its load factor by 30 percentage points.

In 2021, six million people aged 15-64 years old in the EU worked in the transport sector (3.1 percent of total employment in the EU).