Larnaca, Cyprus. Cyprus is set to repatriate another 307 citizens from Dubai on Friday as the government continues emergency flights to bring nationals home amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. Two commercial flights are scheduled to land at Larnaca airport on Friday evening as part of a state-coordinated operation.
Flights scheduled to arrive from Dubai
A Cyprus Airways aircraft arriving from Dubai is expected at 18.40 carrying 145 passengers, including four infants. A second aircraft operated by TUS Airways is due to arrive at 19.15 from Dubai’s Al Maktoum Airport with a further 162 passengers on board.
Total repatriations and operational constraints
The arrivals will raise the number of Cypriots returned to the island so far to 512, with 488 of them repatriated from the United Arab Emirates. Authorities said Cyprus moved quickly to organise chartered commercial flights to bring back those stranded by widespread airspace disruptions across the region.
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the effort is being carried out under tight operational constraints. “We are operating with narrow windows of opportunity by which to return Cypriots from the Emirates,” he previously said, stressing that safety remains the overriding condition for every flight.
Connect2CY registrations
The repatriation programme was activated after hostilities disrupted air travel across the Middle East and led to repeated cancellations of flights. Officials said just over 2,000 Cypriots have registered their presence in the region through the Connect2CY platform since the outbreak of the crisis.
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