Airport spokesman Adamos Aspris said the stoppage &8211; between 1pm and 5pm local time (11am to 3pm Irish time) affected more than 5,000 passengers on 38 flights to and from the island&8217;s two airports. No flights to Ireland are thought to have been affected.
Are there any direct flights to Cyprus from Ireland at all? And if so with who? Genuine question there, Not the usual sarky botox on here, i travel there every now and then with work and had to always go to the UK first
John Gibney
Additional reporting by Gavan Reilly
Communications minister Efthymios Flourentzou said he wants arbitrators to adjudicate the dispute.
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Georgiou said the government&8217;s measures, which also include lower overtime pay and higher contribution to social insurance, would shrink controllers&8217; take home pay by up to 40 per cent and rejected criticism that the union is holding the economy hostage.
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Cyprus is largely reliant on a €4.5 billion low-interest loan from Russia in order to meet its financial needs for this year, having been largely frozen out of international money markets.
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The Air Traffic Controllers&8217; Union president Giorgos Georgiou defended the action, arguing that his members have been unirly grouped with other government workers.
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Air traffic controllers staged a 12-hour strike last month to protest the measures. Another four-hour work stoppage is planned for next week.
Cyprus is struggling to convince investors it has a strategy to deal with its problems and its credit rating was cut last week to junk status by the Standard & Poor&8217;s ratings agency largely because of the country&8217;s sizable financial sector&8217;s heavy exposure to Greek debt.
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Cyprus air traffic controllers go on four-hour strike,The latest strike action on the island comes in the wake of last month&8217;s package of cost cuts and tax increases, which are intended to boost investor confidence.
The union says air traffic controllers should be exempt from austerity measures aimed at cutting the public pay bill, because their wages come from levies paid by airlines to use Cyprus-controlled airspace.
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Tour guide John Gibney says Ireland should recognise the events being marked over the coming years as vital parts of our heritage, and not just as opportunities for tourism.
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Cyprus Airways and a few charter outfits operate flights in the summer but on charter basis so you probably need to find the relevant travel agency!
Image: Petros Karadjias/APAIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS in Cyprus have walked off the job for four hours, to protest a two-year government worker wage freeze and other deficit-reduction measures.
