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, news.com.au reports.
![Family members of United Nations peacekeepers jog past a decaying passenger plane of Cyprus Airways at Nicosia International Airport. Photo / Sean Gallup, Getty Images](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/EYOCT7MXKYDT26F5LJRM43RWXA.jpg?auth=22a88188fffd3b21f0676f8a4cd3c15504a60d753d14cc99f67adfec899e2114&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.
Cyprus had seen years of tensions between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots after it became independent from Britain.