Turkish Cypriot airlines to fly directly to Baku

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Azerbaijan is reportedly ready to give permission to the illegal Turkish Cypriot airlines to fly directly to Baku
Under the title "TCA will fly to Baku", Turkish Cypriot daily KIBRIS newspaper (16.08.05) writes the following:

"It has been known that the government of Azerbaijan has given its approval for direct flights from the Ercan State Airport directly to Baku. According to information that reliable sources gave to KIBRIS, the government of Azerbaijan is waiting an application from the Turkish Cypriot Airlines (TCA) for the direct flights. It has been noted that in case an application is made by the TCA, Azerbaijan will give its approval. It has been known that the above-mentioned application will be made by TCA officials within the next few days. Furthermore, it has been known that the Greek Cypriot Administration proposed to Azerbaijan's IMAIR Airlines to launch flights to Southern Cyprus, but the Azerbaijani officials rejected this proposalanswering that 'we shall only fly to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'".

Well it seems that the Azeris are intent on helping the Turkish Cypriot out of isolation and also are not interested in anything the Greek Cypriot have to offer. Shocked

Yiannis · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject:

i heard the opposite from Greek Cypriot press, that the azeri company decided to start direct flights to larnaca.

Saint Jimmy · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:47 pm Post subject:

Brother, where is this report from? A Greek Cypriot newspaper?

Yiannis, this article doesn't say that there will be direct Azeri company flights to and/or from Ercan - only that TCA will be granted permission to fly to and from Baku.

Yiannis · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject:

Saint Jimmy · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:54 pm Post subject:

Right, my bad! Embarassed

cannedmoose · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject:

I've never flown with KTHY, but it seems they're not immune from this spate of incidents involving aircraft...

From Bayrak News:

A Cyprus Turkish Airlines passenger plane, an AIRBUS A 321, on a scheduled flight from Ercan to London Stansted airport, had had to make an emergency landing at Ercan airport shortly after take-off early this morning.

The BRT News room has learnt that one of the airliner’s engines had failed when a number of birds were sucked-in during take-off, causing technical problems.

The pilot landed the aircraft safely at Ercan within minutes, after he felt the birds were sucked in by the engine.

The Cyprus Turkish Airlines authorities told the B.R.T. later that a brand new engine was now being fitted to the plane and that if all goes well, it would be ready to fly to London, via Antalya, with all its passengers, taking off about now.

There were about 200 passengers and crew onboard the AIRBUS A 321.

erolz · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:47 am Post subject:

brother · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:41 pm Post subject:

The so-called Minister of Economy and Tourism announces that the "TCA" will soon launch direct flights to Baku
Turkish Cypriot daily KIBRIS newspaper (17.08.05) reports that the so-called Economy and Tourism Minister of the occupation regime, Dervis Kemal Deniz has announced that the illegal Turkish Cypriot Airlines (TCA) will be having scheduled flights between the illegal Tymbou airport and Baku in the coming days.

In statements yesterday during a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot Citrus Fruits Exporters' Union, Mr Deniz said that the Azerbaijani government had informed the authorities of the occupation regime that the necessary permission to launch flights will be granted and added that work to speed up this process had started.

Explaining that an official request must be made to the Azerbaijani government before such flights could take place, Mr Deniz said that after the application is made and the necessary formalities are completed, the "TCA" will be ready to launch flights to Baku.

Looks like the direct flights will happen

cannedmoose · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject:

You obviously got that from a Greek Cypriot source... lots of 'so-called' in there Laughing

murtaza · Villager Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 21

well after all Azeris dont have much chance but follow what turkey said too, because at the karabak issue we follow just what they said, and instead of increasing trade(like them) we are harming our trade.

well It looks like a fair agreement.

brother · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:47 pm Post subject:

brother · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

Well it has to be said that despite the Greek Cypriot and Greece making threats at the Azeris they are following through and standing by the Turkish Cypriot and Turkey which imo counts for a lot.

magikthrill · Mukhtar/is Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 631

Only because I was too busy doing... um other stuff what exactly were the threats Greece and the Republic of Cyprus sent over to the Azeris.

brother · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

That they would launch flights to 'karabagh' which is illegally being occupied by armenia.

magikthrill · Mukhtar/is Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 631

LoL. That's funny. I had no idea about this Armenian occupation though. Know where I can find some info on this.