MoD Flies Emergency Cash to Cyprus for British Personnel
March 19th, 2013Via: BBC:
An RAF plane carrying 1m euros is flying to Cyprus from Britain as a “contingency measure” to provide military personnel with emergency loans, the Ministry of Defence said.
The money is to be used for British personnel and their families if cash machines and debit cards stop working.
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The levy was due to affect many of the 3,000 UK military personnel in Cyprus, and up to an estimated 25,000 expatriates.
The cash – about £850,000 – is being flown out on one of the two weekly flights that travel between Britain and Cyprus. It is being carried on a Voyager aircraft, which left from RAF Brize Norton and is expected to arrive at RAF Akrotiri at about 20:00 GMT.
An MoD spokesman said the situation was being kept under review and that it would consider further shipments if required, but that the cash was a contingency and not currently due to be distributed.
