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3 unusual facts about Nicosia International Airport


1973 EgyptAir Ilyushin Il-18 crash

The turboprop ran the international route between Cairo International Airport and the now defunct Nicosia International Airport.

Kaisis Motor Company

Of note was the company’s purchase (in 1974) of the blueprints to the Clan sports car, designed by a team of former Lotus engineers, with plans to set up an assembly line in KMC’s new factory near Nicosia International Airport.

Nicosia International Airport

In 2013 Dr Michael Paraskos of the Cornaro Institute in Cyprus argued that with three other functioning airports in Cyprus the old Nicosia Airport would no longer be needed even in the event of a political settlement on the island.



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