The last British evacuation flights have left Port Sudan for Cyprus, according to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Two final flights took off from Port Sudan on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the final one leaving at 1:10 a.m. local time.
According to Flightradar, the last flight touched down in Larnaca at 6:32 a.m. local time with a plane scheduled to leave the Cypriot airport for Birmingham on Thursday afternoon.
UK military personnel helping evacuees at Wadi Seidna airport in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 29, 2023. (Sgt. Paul Oldfield/UK Ministry of Defence via PA Media)
The airlifts were originally due to end on Monday before the extra flights were announced, but the Foreign Office said there would be no further extensions….