RE: aviation in Cyprus for spotters
re Cyprus, Yes I would be very careful at Paphos as there is a military base there combined with the airport, they are very sensitive with people taking photos, the airport itself is fairly quiet, but Larnaca is rather busy from May onwards, Mondays is usually stuff from scandinavia, tuesdays is very quiet, you may get a Syrian a320 or kuwait a320, there are plenty of EL-AL flights and Arkia Dash 7s, there is a Palestinian service ( not sure if its running now ) you get all the german stuff, hapag lloyd 737s winglet version, LTU A330, Premair a330, 320s, Germania 737s, WEA 737s, many airlines from russia. etc.
I have a contact who is a spotter out there, he lives there and occasionally takes photos for air pictorial, he can supply me with a list of airlines etc for this summer so if you need any info, let me know.
regards
mikair