After Cyprus Airways bankruptcy, a new airline for Cyprus: Cobalt

[theeuropean]

Yes, but this time it seems there maybe something more in the pipeline - let's wait and see.

[theeuropean]

Sorry, the press conference will happen today by Aegean. In the meantime Blue Air has made a base in Larnaca, with daily flights to Athens and 3 weekly flights to Thessaloniki. More info to come later.

[theeuropean]

Aegean is starting new routes out of Larnaca:

London Heathrow - daily
LCA 16:40-19:40 LHR
LHR 20:40-03:15 LCA

3x weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle
LCA 12:50- 16:30 CDG
CDG 17:20-22:20 LCA

4x weekly Beirut
LCA 13:15-14:00 BEY
BEY 14:50-15:35 LCA

3x weekly Iraklion
LCA 19:10-20:30 HER
HER 21:20-22:40 LCA

2x weekly Milan
LCA 06:20-09:10 MXP
MXP 10:00-14:25 LCA

2x weekly Munich
LCA 15:10-17:50 MUC
MUC 18:45-22:50 LCA

2x weekly Rome
LCA 15:50-18:10 FCO
FCO 19:10-21:10 LCA

4 aircraft will be based. There's a press release on aegeans website but it's in Greek still an English version should be up soon.

[airbuske]

AEGEAN: Dynamic Growth in Cyprus, 4 aircraft at Larnaca base, 14 destinations, 1.5 million available seats


Nicosia, 13 January 2015 – AEGEAN presented its plan for the dynamic growth of its presence in Cyprus and a more effective support of passengers’ needs.

After its 10 years operation in Cyprus and 4 years after creating its aircraft base in Larnaca, AEGEAN is taking a new step forward. As of 30/03/2015 – the beginning of the summer schedule- AEGEAN will operate with 4 Airbus A320 aircraft, while the number of destinations connected directly with Cyprus will increase to 14. As regards direct connections with Greece and 7 other countries, total yearly capacity will exceed 1.5 million seats. The company aims to support this venture with additional human resources from Cyprus at the earliest opportunity.

More specifically, with the company's summer schedule as of April 2015, the connection between Greece and Cyprus is boosted with more frequent flights to Athens and Thessaloniki, and the introduction of a direct flight between Athens and Paphos. The new summer schedule also includes direct connections with Heraklion and Rhodes, while direct connections with Myconos and Santorini will be added in July and August. Eight to nine direct flights with destinations in Greece will depart daily.

The company's planning focuses on the direct connection of Cyprus with Western Europe and therefore 5 important destinations are added. London - Heathrow, Paris, Munich, Rome and Milan.

Furthermore, by increasing its flight frequency to Athens, AEGEAN improves the connectivity with its whole intensively developing European network, via Athens.

Additionally, when the traffic rights procedures are completed, AEGEAN will offer flights to Israel, Kiev and Beirut.

In order to better serve its frequent flyer - passengers, AEGEAN proceeds with two important initiatives: Firstly, it is willing to the members of the Elite level of Cyprus Airways who will join this programme acknowledge as equal to its own Gold level of the Miles + Bonus programme. Secondly, for all Miles + Bonus members, but also for all new members from Cyprus who will join the programme until 28/2, 50% additional miles will be offered for all direct routes from and to Cyprus for the whole of 2015.



AEGEAN's Vice-Chairman, Mr Eftichios Vasilakis, stated: "We would like to thank our passengers from Cyprus for their support during our 10-year presence here. We reciprocate your trust with a major investment: 4 new aircraft to cover 14 destinations in total with 1.5 million available seats per year from Cyprus. Besides, it is our obligation to do so under the current circumstances, since we are the main representative of Greek air transports. We believe that we will contribute significantly to the growth of quality tourism in Cyprus and serve passenger needs. We promise to continue our efforts for quality and innovative services, always with competitive prices. With your support, and the efforts of all our people, I believe that today is the first day of our company's new course of gradual, but long-lasting growth in Cyprus."



AEGEAN's dynamic growth plan with direct flights from and to Larnaka and Paphos is supported by the company's whole 2015 network: 134 destinations to 43 countries and 15,000,000 available seats, 2 million more than in 2014. AEGEAN now flies with one of the youngest fleets in Europe, consisting of 56 aircraft of the Α320 group, after its recent investment in additional new aircraft.

Aegean Press release : http://en.aegeanair.com/all-about-us/pr ... /?prid=513

[sn26567]

New Cypriot airline Cobalt Air is planning to start flights in 2015 to 10 destinations.

[sn26567]

New Cypriot airline Cobalt Air is planning to start flights in 2015 to 10 destinations.

Cyprus's Cobalt commences operations

Cobalt (CO, Larnaca) officially inaugurated operations on Wednesday, June 1 with a return flight between Larnaca and Athens. Guests on-board included journalists and company officials.

The start-up said in a statement that it expects to commence regular, 3x daily return flights between the two cities later this month. The actual launch of revenue flights has been the subject of much speculation in the local press given reported delays in the Air Transport Licensing Authority's (ATLA) issuance of an Air Services License (ASL) to the start-up. According to the Phileleftheros daily, the ATLA has cited a lack of satisfactory vetting of the company’s foreign shareholders for the delays.

In any event, Cobalt has outlined several destinations that are scheduled to start in the near future and they include: Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania, London, Manchester, Dublin and Paris. Operationally, Cobalt plans to add three more aircraft (A320 and A321) to its fleet by month-end.



Source: ch-aviation

See also: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/cobalt/ ... in-cyprus/

[Charlie Roy]

Livery not dissimilar to that of Jet Blue:


PS - Forgive my skepticism, but I am already shocked that these guys got off the ground, and I will be even more shocked if they make it to the end of the year.

[convair]

Livery not dissimilar to that of Jet Blue:


PS - Forgive my skepticism, but I am already shocked that these guys got off the ground, and I will be even more shocked if they make it to the end of the year.

I understand you won't bet a nickel on Cobalt.

[Shengenzone]

Everybody seems to be forgetting TUS airways.
They already connect Cyprus with multiple destinations in Israel, Jordan and Greece.
I know they dont have much funds and are not backed by a Hong Kong investor like Cobalt.
But personally i hope they servive. Heard some very positive feedback about them so far.

[Ozzie1969]

Everybody seems to be forgetting TUS airways.
They already connect Cyprus with multiple destinations in Israel, Jordan and Greece.
I know they dont have much funds and are not backed by a Hong Kong investor like Cobalt.
But personally i hope they servive. Heard some very positive feedback about them so far.

I didn't forget them. I just never knew they existed, that's all.

[Shengenzone]

Everybody seems to be forgetting TUS airways.
They already connect Cyprus with multiple destinations in Israel, Jordan and Greece.
I know they dont have much funds and are not backed by a Hong Kong investor like Cobalt.
But personally i hope they servive. Heard some very positive feedback about them so far.

I didn't forget them. I just never knew they existed, that's all.

Oh thats a pitie Seems like they are not doing a great job in getting the word out then.

At the end of march they performed a private demoflight to launch the airline for youtuber: thegreatflyer

[globetrotter]

New Cypriot airline Cobalt Air is planning to start flights in 2015 to 10 destinations.

Cyprus's Cobalt commences operations

Cobalt (CO, Larnaca) officially inaugurated operations on Wednesday, June 1 with a return flight between Larnaca and Athens. Guests on-board included journalists and company officials.

The start-up said in a statement that it expects to commence regular, 3x daily return flights between the two cities later this month. The actual launch of revenue flights has been the subject of much speculation in the local press given reported delays in the Air Transport Licensing Authority's (ATLA) issuance of an Air Services License (ASL) to the start-up. According to the Phileleftheros daily, the ATLA has cited a lack of satisfactory vetting of the company’s foreign shareholders for the delays.

In any event, Cobalt has outlined several destinations that are scheduled to start in the near future and they include: Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania, London, Manchester, Dublin and Paris. Operationally, Cobalt plans to add three more aircraft (A320 and A321) to its fleet by month-end.



Source: ch-aviation

See also: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/cobalt/ ... in-cyprus/

Also Tehran, Beirut, Tel Aviv, East Midlands, Cardiff, Glasgow later on.

[sn26567]

New start-up Cypriot-carrier Cobalt Aero over the weekend has opened reservation via its website, including the listing of its planned operational routes. Based on the airline’s booking engine, first flight scheduled on 07JUL16, tentatively set for Larnaca – Manchester route. Additional changes remain possible.

The airline will be using IATA code “CO”, previously used by Continental Airlines. A fleet of Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft to operate the following routes to Greece, UK and Ireland.

eff 07JUL16 Larnaca – Athens 2 daily
eff 07JUL16 Larnaca – London Stansted 6 weekly (Day x3)
eff 07JUL16 Larnaca – Manchester 2 weekly (Day 47)
eff 08JUL16 Larnaca – Chania 2 weekly (Day 57, switching to Day 35 from Aug 2016)
eff 08JUL16 Larnaca – Irakleion 2 weekly (Day 25; Day 26 from HER)
eff 08JUL16 Larnaca – Thessaloniki 4 weekly (Day x247)
eff 09JUL16 Larnaca – Dublin 2 weekly (Day 36)

Source: Airline Route/Routes Online

[Shengenzone]

A russian airline has bought the right to use the Cyprus airways logo for the next 10 years.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/210279/arti ... rways-logo

[Shengenzone]

First Cobalt CEO = fired
http://www.ekathimerini.com/210904/arti ... g-troubles

[sn26567]

Cypriot DCA to scrutinise Cobalt's ops over recent incidents

The Cypriot Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) says it will conduct an investigation into Cobalt following a series of incidents that have affected its operations in recent days.

The announcement came at the behest of the country's Ministry of Transport which is now seeking clarification over whether or not to take "additional measures" against the airline.

In recent weeks, the start-up has suffered a series of operational mishaps involving its in-house as well as leased fleets.

On August 20, one of its A320-200s - 5B-DCR (cn 928) - was forced to return to Larnaca after an abnormal gear indication shortly after takeoff for Manchester Int'l.

Another incident, on the same weekend, involved A320-200 - CS-TKV (cn 1422) - on lease from Portugal's Everjets. The Sigma Live newspaper reports eighty-five passengers on-board flight CO729 objected to continuing to use the aircraft, which had stopped in Athens Int'l en-route from Thessaloniki to Larnaca, for their return flight. According to an airline spokesman, the aircraft had stopped in the Greek capital after it encountered technical issues, later revealed to be cabin pressurisation problems, which have since been amended.

Source: ch-aviation

[crew1990]

By the way, did you know the head of cabin crew of cobalt is the ex-head of cabin crew of Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium?

[sn26567]

Lufthansa Technik (Germany) and Cobalt (Cyprus) signed a comprehensive five year component supply agreement for the airline’s initial fleet of six A320s. The aircraft are equipped with V2500 and CFMI 56-5A engines.

[sn26567]

According to ch-aviation, Cobalt is studying the acquisition of widebodies for longhaul operations.

[sn26567]

A russian airline has bought the right to use the Cyprus airways logo for the next 10 years.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/210279/arti ... rways-logo

Cyprus Airways obtained its AOC from the Cypriot CAA, and plans to get the licence for commercial flights next, as it prepares for operational launch soon.