Larnaca Airport

Larnaca is not the greatest airport of the world but ever since a private company took over the management things are getting better slowly. The food court is ok - but don't anything beyond pizza hamburgers and soda. Seating in the waiting lounge is rather limited and uncomfortable. Baggage delivery at the carousels is a lottery : either you get it in a matter of minutes or it take up to an hour. Looking forward to the new terminal opening soon !

I was in transit at Larnaca airport flying with Cyprus Airways. The transit desk took over an hour to process all the passengers who were flying out a weary time to stand in a queue even for a Brit. As my onward flight was then delayed for 3 hours I had plenty of time to explore. The toilets were clean and so was the rest of the airport. However it was early July and the place was infested with mosquitoes. If you want to lie down for a bit I'd recommend the padded seats in Gate 8 rather than the hard metal ones elsewhere.

Used LCA twice during October both times arriving on scheduled flights and transiting when no charter or holiday flights were arriving. Thus Arrivals (just a big shed) handled the numbers of passengers well although baggage took a long time to come through bearing in mind the fact that the aircraft was parked just outside the terminal building. Departures again worked well with efficient security and adequate seating and eating facilities once through security. Check-in staff somewhat lethargic so allow sufficient time to check in rather than leaving it to the last minute. Generally the facilities are clean and well-maintained and the staff polite.

Once you are through passport control to the departures area the airport is not too bad in terms of facilities - easily better than American airports I have used. The place is clean with a reasonable duty free shop and cafeteria. What really lets the place down is the staff who could not be more disinterested and miserable if they tried.

Must depend who you fly with we arrived on a Cyprus Airways flight from Heathrow landing just after two charters from the UK. Time from landing to driving off in a hire car was 55 minutes. Going back no queue at the Cyprus Airways check in. the downside was the dreadful wine they serve in the bar.

Awful passport service - I spent 67 minutes in queue. No clear notices where to go most departure monitors are out of order. It's even worse than Sheremetyevo-2.