Jet2 suspends all flights from Leeds Bradford Airport to Cyprus due to entry restrictions

Due to prohibitive entry restrictions, people who have been in the UK in the last 14 days cannot fly to Cyprus unless they are legal residents there.

Jet2 says it has been forced to suspend all flights and holiday packages to Larnaca and Paphos as it urges Cypriot authorities to review the restrictions.

This will affect flights up to and including August 16.

Customers who have booked flights or holiday packages during this period will be contacted by the airline to rebook, or offered a refund credit note or full cash refund.

Jet2 will issue a further update for flights to Cyprus after August 17.

A spokesperson for the airline said: "We are continuing to liaise with the authorities in Cyprus and will provide further updates in due course.

"We would like to thank our customers for their understanding and patience."

Jet2 has already suspended all flights to Spain after the UK Government removed Spain from its list of safe countries to travel to.

Spain was removed from the list of countries exempt from quarantine restrictions on Sunday July, 26 due to an spike in the number of coronavirus cases over the last few days.

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