Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > Can anyone explain why BA uses Larnaca as a base for flights to the Middle > East when tensions are high? > LHR-Kuwait-LHR (or LHR-TLV-LHR) is too long to use the same crew there and back, so the flight stops in Larnaca to pick up a new crew in order to avoid having the crews overnight someplace where the airline doesn't want them to. One crew can fly LHR-LCA-LHR, and the other one does LCA-TLV-LCA, or something to that effect. It may not work exactly like that, but that's the basic idea. Matthew :)