NICOSIA: Cyprus airports operator Hermes said 32 flights from the Middle East had been diverted to airports in Larnaca and Paphos by 0800 GMT on Friday.
It said that at the present time, requests for diversions were ‘at a minimum’.
Cyprus says 32 flights from Middle East diverted to its airports
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