Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey , the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union chairman Cem Kapisiz confirmed on Friday.
Speaking to news website Kibris Postasi, he said the situation had come about “as a result of people ignoring warnings made for a long time”, but stressed that the transfer would only be temporary.
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