Cyprus welcomes Jet2

Not withstanding its piloting problems (see in this week’s BTN) Jet2 will restart its Cyprus programme from today (17 August).  Cyprus is not on the British Government quarantine list.

Flights to Larnaca are expected to operate from its eight UK bases – Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted.

Paphos will launch the next day, 18 August, from the same eight departure points.

It will be the first time Jet2 has flown to Cyprus since March.

The operator is restarting its programme despite being unable to convince Cypriot government officials to relax entry requirements for UK tourists.

Discussions had taken place at the end of July as the operator tried to lift entry restrictions, which came into effect on 1 August.

From that date, the UK moved from category C, a level which had barred people from entering Cyprus if they have been in the UK in the past 14 days, to category B status, meaning UK citizens will be allowed to enter the country.

But customers booking Cyprus holidays are still required to provide a negative Covid-19 test upon arrival, obtained within 72 hours of travel.

CEO Steve Heapy said: "Looking at the demand it's very clear just how much our customers are looking forward to their holidays in the Cypriot sunshine."

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Sitting in the Jet 2 canteen CEO Steve Happy...er..Heapy... ..."We may have forgotten something" ....What ?..."Oh Yes"... ..."Can anyone of you lot in the canteen here fly a plane" ?