"Direct Flights" from Birmingham

BullRingBoy


Joined: 23/02/2007
Posts: 2

Message Posted:
23/02/2007 12:10

Read in the Birmingham Post that there are now 'direct' flights to North Cyprus, but they touch down in Turkey! Am I missing something here? Direct means non-stop to me! Is this 'stop on the way' thing normal for North Cyprus flights?

BullRingBoy


Joined: 23/02/2007
Posts: 2

Message Posted:
23/02/2007 12:12

Forgot to put on the link to the story - here it is! http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/business/tm_headline=hattersley-is-new-airport-finance-director&method=full&objectid=18661375&siteid=50002-name_page.html



I like the sound of North Cyprus -

North Cyprus, home to the Turkish Cypriot population, bills itself as "offering holiday-makers a captivating destination, with beautiful beaches, villages, undiscovered coves and bays, clear blue waters, breathtaking scenery, picturesque towns and brilliant sunshine".

adi .


Joined: 23/02/2007
Posts: 1

Message Posted:
24/02/2007 02:13

As far as I know, there is no such thing as direct non-stop flights to TRNC with the exception from Turkey. Therefore, all international flights must go via Turkey. That’s the legal position.



Unfortunately, I just read hot of the press that the Britain rejected direct flights to TRNC ( http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=103752&bolum=102).



Hopefully, this situation may improve one day as the TRNC administration is lobbing the international community to lift this restriction.



Adi

kyreniachap



Joined: 16/12/2006
Posts: 56

Message Posted:
26/02/2007 19:30

Yeah, this is a real pain - the stop-over is the rule. Any direct flights to North Cyprus advertised are not direct at all - they land in south Cyprus and then bus you across the border. Not too bad time-wise but not direct by any means.



Anyway, the touchdown in Turkey is not too bad - you usually just sit on the tarmac and then take off again. At least you avoid the scrum at Larnaca or Paphos airports - Ercan airport in North Cyprus is usually much more relaxed and uncrowded.