The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) issued a mid-day flash at 13:27 on 28 February confirming that “multiple flights to and from Cyprus airports are being cancelled” in the wake of the US-Israel operation against Iran. Although the full text is available only to subscribers, aviation sources quoted by CNA said diversions primarily involved east-bound services unable to enter closed Middle-East airspace. The bulletin marks the first official acknowledgement by state channels of the scale of disruption, lending weight to airline customer-advisory notices released earlier in the morning. For global-mobility managers the CNA alert is significant: many insurance providers and internal travel-risk teams treat national-wire confirmation as the trigger for invoking force-majeure clauses and emergency-assistance hotlines. Employers with time-sensitive cargo movements—particularly pharmaceutical and high-tech consignments routed through Larnaca’s dedicated freight centre—face potential knock-ons as carriers reshuffle belly-hold capacity. Hermes Airports and the Civil Aviation Department have not published a consolidated list of affected flights; companies are therefore advised to monitor Proavia and Eurocontrol NOP updates in parallel with airline feeds until a stabilised schedule emerges. CNA indicated that further updates would follow “subject to developments,” hinting that an escalation of regional hostilities could widen the disruption window beyond the weekend.
Source: Cyprus News Agency
