Gonna have to cancel our holiday to Cyprus aren’t we

[notabingthing]

we was supposed to be going may but dh thinks it’s too close to Isreal and Iran 😟 would you cancel ?!

Please don't cancel yet as you will lose your money. The travel company will cancel you if it is necessary and you will get a full refund. We had similar last year with our holiday cancelled due to a hurricane and got a full refund. There is still almost 2 months to go so hopefully it goes ahead. Cyprus is lovely 😍

We went to Cyprus last June and we are going again this June. When I was there last year, I had a friend texting me to ask if I was worried.

Dp has a business trip there prior to the holiday which is why we’re going.

You've got ages until May and Cyprus has never been affected.
See how this unfolds and make a choice closer to the time

You know Iranians aren't Arab right?
And not sure Syria would agree with Arabs not targeting Arabs..

Iranians are Persian, not Arab.

And Cyprus is a long way away from Iran.

It's amazing ❤️

Not if you’re flying Qatar Airways no. I was meant to head back to Europe from Asia via Doha with Qatar airways and the airspace is closed until 6th of March with flights only resuming 7th of March. So I’m doing a silly route home now!

Its a lot further. They are using short range missiles and drones for gulf states, they have loads of them. They have enough targets in gulf, israel, iraq, kuwait and jordan and they dont really care if they are civilian or military as we saw in Dubai.

You’ve been able to see the missiles over Israel/Iran for a couple of years at least. Cyprus has never been targeted by Iran before than I’m aware of.

Technically their missiles could hit it I think but I’d like to think they have bigger fish to fry currently.

The US doesn’t have a base there? They have personnel in the RAF base and I’d guess maybe use it for refuelling (not sure) but seeing as the U.K. aren’t involved in this conflict then Iran would be crazy to escalate the conflict by bombing an raf base.

Friend of mine is Greek Cypriot and is over there a lot and isn’t bothered. I would still go.

well google is wrong. Unless my google is wrong because my google says that’s not a US airbase 🤷‍♀️🤣. Says it’s a Cypriot airbase which the US can have l8mited use of with specific permission.

i guess Iran might think this is semantics and it might possibly be a Cypriot airbase on paper and a US airbase in practical terms. No idea.

I am in Cyprus - it’s absolutely fine. The air base referenced as US is Cypriot. I am supposed to be traveling to the UK early tomorrow and am expecting possible delays, nothing more. Cyprus is extremely well protected by the military bases and the Cypriot people have lived close to conflict for ever. They generally don’t get involved.

If you are referring to Akrotiri it's RAF, one of the UK Sovereign Base areas on the island.

I’d definitely cancel not just because Cyprus is right at the top of Iran’s list of targets but because of the CO2 emissions, it’s irresponsible to fly to the other side of the planet now just for fun. Take the moral high road on this one it’s about more than money

Cyprus is not at the top of irans hit list, give over.

snd you won’t stop people flying to go on holiday, it’s also not the other side of the world.

I’ve checked this too. To be specific:

”Andreas Papandreou Air Base
(also known as Paphos Air Base) is the primary military airbase of the Cyprus Air Force, situated on the north side of Paphos International Airport. It acts as a key strategic hub for the Cypriot National Guard, hosting attack and search-and-rescue helicopters. The base is undergoing a U.S.-backed expansion to increase capacity for humanitarian aid, evacuation operations, and regional security, with upgrades planned for completion around 2026.”

So it seems that it’s not a US base per se, but the US are increasingly using it…

However, of all the places Iran could potentially attack, there are many, many more far closer and more prominent, and they’d have to fly a missile over Israel to hit Cyprus. Any missiles they are going to be able to lob in that direction are almost certainly going to be directed towards Israel itself, and moreover Israel are able to shoot them pretty much all down all missiles down coming their way!

Besides, even if the regime does survive, a very big “if”, any residual capacity for striking foreign bases with missiles will be wiped out within days. There may be a very small threat just at the moment, but shortly that will be effectively reduced to zero.

It’s very possible there may be terrorist attacks in the weeks and months ahead as a result of what’s happening in Iran, but nowhere is safe from those, and if you want to be sure of avoiding those, you’ll need to cocoon yourself away at home.

I live here,all BAU at this point.

Yes, but if anyone thinks Iran will
have the capacity to even try to launch missiles at US bases beyond next week, let alone in May (when the OP is going) they have no idea of the military balance of power here.

Cyprus is my favourite place, the food, the people, the beaches, i’d be very very sad to cancel, so we shall be sitting tight ! My concern is terror attacks in retaliation but I do think Cyprus wouldn’t be top of the list.

Ah, that "airbase"...

As Google says it's a small military facility tacked on to the North side of Paphos civilian/international airport.

Yes I gather the US use it, lots of airports around the world are dual use, but (making myself hostage to fortune) I can't see it being high priority on the Iranian's target list...I certainly wouldn't be cancelling a holiday over it.

I’d wait and see, May is a while away yet,

Just hang on and see what happens. Dubai tomorrow? Yes probably cancel but Cyprus in May, anything could happen by then.

It'll be fine

Just imagine how many counties worldwide that the us has this sort of arrangement with too. Iran would be there a while if they were to target them all! As I said earlier Cyprus has come out unscathed from far closer wars/unrest than this one. I lived through the Iraq and Syrian wars out there. Cypriots just went about their day as they are now

If you believe you’d have seen missiles “flying over your sunbed” when in Cyprus, you have no idea of the geography of the region, or who’s fighting who. Israel, Gaza and Iran are all to the east in Asia… Cyprus is to the west in the Mediterranean, 100s of miles from Isreal and 1000s from Iran!

The pilots who have seen things are viewing things 100s of miles away from 40000 feet!

@notabingthing You are being sensible and realistic to prepare to cancel your holiday. There are so many people on mumsnet making light of this war that I suspect a propaganda campaign.