40 years ago this once bustling transport hub was abandoned, leaving jet planes and empty terminals as eerie signs of the past, writes news.com.au
This airport was once a bustling, state-of-the-art transport hub on a popular holiday island.
But for more than 40 years time has stood still at Nicosia International Airport on Cyprus, which is now an eerie scene of decaying check-in desks and terminal equipment, and stripped-back jets stuck on the abandoned tarmac.
![An old stairway covered in barbed wire leads to the former visitor's restaurant and terrace. Photo / Sean Gallup, Getty Images](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/F6ZHZLKC4TDYI225FCELBK6S6U.jpg?auth=43a9d01b2f4711b6c98f696cadfe70f42e446a0e93d0c53755289d69445a6095&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The airport became deserted after 1974, when it became a flashpoint for civil conflict on the Mediterranean island.