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http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.ph ... 6&cat_id=1
Air Universal 747 blocked from landing in Cyprus
By Leo Leonidou
THE FIRST Cyprus-registered Boeing 747 has been refused permission to land at Larnaca or Paphos Airports.
One of the biggest planes ever to land on the island, the Air Universal Cyprus Boeing 747-200B series, was expected on Monday but has been repeatedly refused a permit from Civil Aviation Cyprus.
A source close to the airline explained that the plane was ready to fly to Larnaca from Karachi, but a telex was sent by the Cypriot authorities to their Pakistani counterparts asking for the plane to be denied permission to land in Cyprus.
“They are saying that Air Universal Sierra Leone is on a European Commission blacklist of 92 airlines considered to be unsafe and are thus refused entry into European airspace.”
The source said that Air Universal Cyprus and Air Universal Sierra Leone are “two completely different companies with different aeroplanes, shareholders, management and staff.
“The only link they share is the Chairman.”
He added that the plane would not be carrying passengers but would be offloading some equipment and spares at the airport.
To complicate matters, the jumbo was cleared to land in Athens in the early hours of yesterday morning.
“This proves that the civil aviation authorities in Cyprus are wrong,” he said. “Why is the plane allowed to land in Greece, which is also an EU country?”
Airline industry expert Gerry Butt said this could possibly be a case of mistaken identity.
“If Air Universal Cyprus and Air Universal Sierra Leone are completely different, then I don’t understand what the problem is.”
But Makis Constantinides, the Permanent Secretary at the Communication and Works Ministry said there “is a link between Air Universal Cyprus and Air Universal Sierra Leone, and that link needs to be looked into. We have been liaising with the European Commission and expect their response any moment now.”
When asked to comment as to why the aircraft was given clearance to land in Athens, Constantinides declined.
The jumbo is currently still in Athens awaiting flight instructions.
Air Universal, first set up in Jordan 2002, was registered in Cyprus in 2004. The company is currently in the final stages of obtaining its air operator’s certificate, which will clear the airline to fly commercially from Cyprus.
Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2006
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