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Paphos airport growth limits fall in Cyprus airport traffic

By: SigmaLive English

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Cyprus airport traffic showed signs of returning to a more stable course in June, with strong growth at Paphos Airport absorbing part of the losses recorded at Larnaca Airport.

Despite ongoing geopolitical developments, total passenger traffic across the two airports fell by 4.3% compared with June 2025, a significantly smaller decline than the double-digit drops recorded in the first months following the outbreak of the war in Iran.

Paphos Airport exceeds 400,000 passengers

According to figures from Hermes Airports, passenger traffic at Paphos Airport, including both arriving and departing passengers, increased by 11% year on year in June.

More than 400,000 passengers travelled through the airport during the month.

By contrast, passenger traffic at Larnaca Airport fell to 957,794 in June, compared with 1,057,903 during the same month in 2025, representing a decline of 9.4%.

Combined passenger traffic at the two airports reached 1,378,291 in June, down from 1,437,298 a year earlier.

The figures indicate that the positive performance recorded at Paphos helped limit the overall decline in Cyprus airport traffic during the month.

Passenger numbers down 4.4% in first half

The decline during the first six months of 2026 was also contained at 4.4%.

A total of 5,419,195 arriving and departing passengers travelled through Cyprus’ two airports between January and June, compared with 5,671,324 during the first half of 2025.

Larnaca Airport handled 3,756,763 passengers during the six-month period, down from 4,095,843 a year earlier. This represented a decline of 8.3%.

Paphos records growth during first six months

Passenger traffic at Paphos Airport increased by 5.5% during the first half of the year.

A total of 1,662,432 passengers travelled to and from the airport between January and June, compared with 1,575,481 during the same period in 2025.

The continued growth at Paphos Airport helped offset part of the decline at Larnaca and limited the overall reduction in passenger numbers across Cyprus.

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