LONDON – National flag carrier Cyprus Airways has announced the launch of a new program called Cyprus Airways Holidays, a package holiday platform offering a one-stop-shop.
The carrier’s new plan will combine the best hotels along with Cyprus Airways flights, for you to book it all in one order.
The new programme
On November 29, Cyprus flag carrier Cyprus Airways announced the launch of their new programme, Cyprus Airways Holidays, to offer customers a seamless booking process of hotel, airline tickets and airport transfers, for one great price.
The key points of the new programme offered by Cyprus Airways are:-
- Package Holidays to Cyprus and to any Cyprus Airways destination offered at the best prices
- Cyprus Airways latest network additions, Paris and Rome, included
- Flight, Hotel and Transfer all in one transaction at the best prices
- Baggage always included
- Dynamic packaging made technologically possible in cooperation with TripX from Sweden
Statements
Paul Sies, Chief Executive of Cyprus Airways, stated the following as part of the announcement: “The site will offer holiday packages at great value for money, cheaper than buying flights and accommodation separately.”
“This is our first step at entering the package holiday market and we are looking forward to continuing working with our Cypriot tourism industry stakeholders for the benefit of the industry and growth year-round.”
Also commenting was Morten Husby, Chief Executive of TripX, the platform operating all of the operations for Cyprus Airways Holidays. He stated:
“As the preferred partner to several airlines in the tour operating and dynamic segment of the business, we are very happy to contribute to Cyprus Airways journey to be an important contributor to the tourism industry in Cyprus.”
“The industry has now a new possibility to promote and attract holidaymakers to the wonderful Island. We are now offering an extremely good product for great value for the customers of Cyprus Airways, both inbound for tourists and outbound for the local market to the airlines growing number of destinations”
Husby continued: “This is a win/win possibility for the whole industry to distribute its offerings. Our aim is to have all available products listed to the market, and our product team is working around the clock to get every product presented in due time before the holiday season starts.”
“We really hope that the industry now takes this possibility to support this project with good and aggressive offers to the market, to boost the important tourism to the Island”
New destinations included
Earlier in November, AviationSource covered the carrier’s announcement of new routes to Paris and Rome. These will now be included in the platform.
Speaking from Cyprus’ pavilion at the World Travel Market event in London, the company’s CEO Paul Sies said that the flights to Paris will start on December 16, while the route to Rome is scheduled to start on December 20.
He explained that flights to Paris Charles De Gaulle will take place three times per week, while the company’s planes will fly to Rome Fiumicino airport two times per week.
With the launch of this new program and with these two destinations included, not only foreigners can book their dream holiday to Cyprus, but locals can also book their dream getaway to Rome or Paris.
