Cyprus faces risk of economic and geographic isolation over proposed EU aviation state aid cuts

For most European capitals, the ongoing revision of the European Commission’s guidelines on state aid for aviation is a technical process. For Nicosia, however, it touches upon daily survival and the core of the economy, given that air travel is the sole way Cyprus connects with the rest of Europe. Cyprus now stands before the risk of geographic and economic isolation.

The European Commission is promoting a stricter framework with significant cuts to public funding in the sector, the...