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all you need to know Cyprus, Greece & Turkey
Flights
Cyprus
Black Sea
The Republic’s international airports are at
Larnaca and Paphos. Cyprus Airways is the
national carrier of the Republic of Cyprus.
It has scheduled services to more than 30
destinations in Europe, the Middle East and
the Gulf. British Airways flies direct to Larnaca
on a daily basis. Aegean Airlines, Air France,
KLM, Olympic Airways, Aeroflot, easyJet,
Transaero Airlines, Monarch, Lufthansa and
Alitalia also connect the UK with Cyprus.
TURKEY
Cyprus airport codes:
■ Larnaca (LCA)
■ Paphos (PFO)
Greece
Greece has 15 international airports, but only
those in Athens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes and
Heraklion in Crete, take both scheduled and
charter flights. British Airways and Olympic
Airlines operate daily flights between London
and Athens. Other airports are used
exclusively for charter flights, mostly from
the UK, Germany and Scandinavia.
Greece airport codes:
■ Athens (ATH) ■ Thessaloniki (SKG)
CYPRUS
■ Rhodes (RHO) ■ Heraklion (HER)
■ Mykonos (JMK) ■ Santorini (JTR)
■ Chania, Crete (CHQ) ■ Kos (KGS)
nean Sea
■ Karpathos (AOC) ■ Samos (SMI)
■ Skiathos (JSI) ■ Aktion (PVK)
■ Kefalonia (EFL) ■ Zakynthos (ZTH)
■ Kavala (KVA) ■ Corfu (CFU)
Turkey
Turkey’s busiest international airport is
Istanbul’s Atatürk International airport,
23km west of Sultanahmet (the heart of
Old Istanbul).
Istanbul also has a smaller airport, Sabiha
Smoking Weddings Gökçen International airport, on the east side
Cyprus: Smoking is banned in all public What is the of the city.
places including entertainment venues (restaurants, minimum legal period of In the busy summer months, international
bars etc), government buildings, on public transport residency in working days flights also operate to/from Antalya, Bodrum,
and in private cars carrying passengers under 16. before getting married in Dalaman and the rapidly expanding Izmir.
Cyprus, Greece and Turkey? Turkey’s national carrier is Turkish Airlines,
Turkey: Ban is enforced on all public transport and in which has direct flights from Istanbul to most
outdoor venues (including stadiums and playgrounds). Cyprus: Three days for civil capital cities around the world.
This has just been widened to include cafes, bars and ceremonies and five days for British Airways, Turkish Airlines and easyJet
restaurants as well. religious ceremonies offer direct flights between London and
Turkey. British Airways also flies into
Greece: The law bans smoking on public transport Greece: Seven days for the Dalaman, Ankara and Izmir.
and in specific public places, but allows for special most part, but nine days in
smoking areas. However, it’s a hard habit to break for Corfu and Skiathos Turkey airport codes:
Europe’s biggest-smoking nation and on July 1 Greece ■ Ankara (ESB) ■ Antalya (AYT)
made its third attempt in a decade to enforce the Turkey: Three working days ■ Bodrum (BJV) ■ Dalaman (DLM)
tobacco ban in public places. ■ Izmir (ADB) ■ Istanbul (IST)
TTG Knowledge – July 2009
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