PAPHOS IS being put firmly on the map of low-cost airline destinations thanks to the scantily clad cabin crew of budget airline Ryanair.
The latest edition of the now famous Ryanair Charity Calendar - featuring the airline’s more presentable cabin crew wearing as few garments as you’re allowed to take on a Ryanair flight without extra cost - was shot entirely on location in Paphos.
Last June, over 20 cabin crew models arrived in Paphos with photographers to shoot next year’s calendar, the proceeds of which will go to Polish charity TVN Foundation.
The airline hopes to raise up to €100,000 for the Warsaw-based Foundation which aims to purchase hospital equipment to help children suffering from mucoviscidosis (cystic fibrosis).
Ryanair’s cabin crew have already raised over €500,000 since the first calendar was published in 2008. Around 10,000 copies are circulated per year at €10 each and usually sell out pretty fast. The 2012 edition had already sold out by May.
According to the low-cost airline’s website, the latest calendar shot in Paphos “is hotter than ever, featuring the sexiest Ryanair cabin crew stunners in swimwear and lingerie”.
The calendar is on sale onboard Ryanair flights, on its website or from TVN Foundation centres across Poland.
Ryanair is noted for its racy calendars and last year came under fire from the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK over images of female cabin crew posing in their underwear, which were published in the UK’s top-selling newspapers.
The Paphos Regional Tourism Board, Hermes airports and Capital Coast hotel hosted the photographers in June for the photo shoot. An announcement released yesterday welcomed the promotion of Paphos as a destination through the calendar which includes shots at locations across Paphos, including Aphrodite’s birthplace, Petra tou Romiou.
Paphos became Rynair’s 50th base earlier this year, from where it was operating 15 destinations, while the low-cost carrier has been flying from Larnaca since 2010.