Occupied northern Cyprus: '' No flights". Bid over UK-Cyprus flights fails.
...The Court unequivocally held that the Republic of Cyprus enjoys exclusive sovereignty over its entire territory and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, irrespective of whether it exercises effective control over the whole of such territory. The exclusive sovereignty extends, under the Convention, to the airspace over its entire territory and territorial waters. ... << Bid over UK-Cyprus flights fails An airline and tour operator have lost a legal bid to overturn a 35-year-old ban on flights from the UK to Turkish-held northern Cyprus. Cyprus Turkish Airlines (CTA) and its UK tour operator, CTA Holidays Limited, failed to secure a judicial review at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre. The government argues lifting the ban would contravene the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation. Currently, flights to northern Cyprus must land in Turkey first. 'Unlawful, unjust' CTA, which flies about 100,000 visitors from the UK to Northern Cyprus each year,...