According to data released by airports operator Hermes, a total of 5,939,198 passengers passed through Larnaca and Paphos during the period, an increase of 8% or 438,834 passengers compared with the respective period of 2017.

In July the two airports processed 1,414,954 passengers compared with 1,363,165 in July 2017, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year.

A total of 1.06m passengers travelled to and from Larnaca airport in July 2018 compared with 1.04m in July last year, an increase of 1.7% in arrivals.

For the period of January–July, passenger traffic at Larnaca amounted to 4.38m compared with 4.14m in the respective period last year, an increase of 240,000 passengers or 5.8% year-on-year.

Data for Paphos airport show a bigger percentage increase. For the period January–July, passenger traffic through Paphos was 1.56 million, up by 14.6% compared with the respective period of 2017 when it was 1.36m – Hermes said.

In July 351,723 passengers travelled to and from Paphos, an annual 10.8% increase compared with 317,557 in July last year.

A Hermes spokesman said the company would release official figures in the coming weeks.

Source: Cyprus Mail