Sad to announce that Eurocypria Airlines has ceased to exist
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On Tuesday 3rd Nov, it was announced that Eurocypria Airlines would cease operations from the 13th of the month. The news came as a great shock to the employees, who ceased work effective immediatedly in protest at the shoddy way they had been treated by management and the state. A week of high profile protest has ensued culminating in protesting crews dumping ties and uniform jackets outside the finance ministry in Nicosia, along with dorbing red paint on the ministry walls and heckling the finance minister, such was the indignation of the crews toward management, ie the government.
It is a pity, the crews are highly skilled professionals, and fine people, and have been treated very badly by the government, the owners of the airline. They have been left with no work effective immedately. Although it was known that were financial troubles, always the fault of management and not the hard working employees, the finance minister had been making false promises such as "if the company has to close, no one will lose their jobs because all the staff and crew will be absorbed into Cyprus airways" (which also has serious financial troubles) . These promises have proved hollow as the masters in Brussels have effectively closed this door quoting EU regulations, regulations which the finance ministry knew about before.
As of yesterday, the last of the 737-800's has been returned to the leasing company, and the skilled and experienced Captains, copilots and cabin crews are without work because of the incompetence of management.