Article: Challenge to direct flights ban.

Byline: Stefanos Evripidou

A TURKISH Cypriot airline is challenging the ban on direct flights to the north of Cyprus in a UK court next month.

Cyprus Turkish Airlines (CTA) and its UK tour operator, CTA Holidays Limited, have launched a legal challenge to the UK government's refusal to operate direct flights between the two countries. The case will be heard in the Administrative Court, a division of the High Court, in the week beginning May 18, 2009.

Direct flights to the north have been banned since the 1974 Turkish invasion as the government does not have effective control over the area, more specifically, the commercial airport at Tymbou ...

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