Govt insists Cypriot airspace is open

The government on Wednesday insisted that Cypriot airspace remained open, despite media reports that it had been closed.

A transport ministry spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail that Cypriot airspace remains open, but did not comment on reports that a passenger flight from Athens which was bound for Larnaca was turned back to its destination of origin.

Later on Wednesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis wrote in a post on social media that “the airspace of the Republic of Cyprus was not closed at any time”.