The first flight carrying British evacuees from Sudan landed in Cyprus on Tuesday night, with around 40 people on board.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said "many more flights" will take Britons out of Sudan tonight and tomorrow after the first aircraft carrying stranded citizens took off earlier that day.
The Cypriot Foreign Office said that first flight landed at Larnaca airport around 7pm UK time.
Earlier in the afternoon, the Prime Minister's official spokesperson said: "The first flight has left and you can expect that there will be at least two more flights overnight tonight but that is subject to change."
Around 120 British military personnel are at the airfield near Khartoum being used for the evacuation effort, Ben Wallace said.
The Defence Secretary said: "As of 11am this morning the processing centre, the reception team of Border Force and Foreign Office, were now up and running on the airfield in Sudan."
He added: "We now have approximately 120 British forces at the airfield supporting the delivery of the evacuation of nationals and dual nationals through the airport.
"Currently the airfield is run by the German military and, depending on how long they stay, we will stand ready and prepared to take over from them should they decide that their evacuation is finished."
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