According to Egyptian state news agency MENA, Cypriot authorities have accepted a request from Cairo to extradite the man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane and diverting it to the Mediterranean island, Al Jazeera reports.
Egyptian Seif el-Din Mustafa, 59, is accused of using a fake suicide belt to seize the Alexandria-Cairo flight on March 29 and force it to land in Cyprus.
The suspect surrendered at Larnaca airport after commandeering the domestic flight MS181 with 82 people on board.
Cypriot government officials said that a legal process would now begin to send Mustafa home.
"Instructions were given for the relevant procedures to begin," a government official told AFP news agency.
Officials are expected to try to fast-track the extradition process, which could take several weeks. The suspect is expected to remain in police custody until his extradition papers are ready.
The Egyptian state prosecutor's office had asked for him to be handed over under a 1996 bilateral extradition treaty.
Mustafa, described by authorities as psychologically unstable, said he acted out of desperation to see his Cypriot ex-wife and children.
"When someone hasn't seen his family for 24 years and wants to see his wife and children, and the Egyptian government doesn't allow it, what should one do?" the hijacker had told Cypriot police in a statement.
Cypriot prosecutors said last week he faced possible charges of hijacking, kidnapping, reckless and threatening behavior, and breaches of the anti-terror law.
According to police, Mustafa has given a voluntary statement admitting to the hijacking.
His ex-wife has been quoted by Cypriot media as describing their five years of marriage as a "black period" of her life.
Most of the passengers were quickly released after the plane landed, but some escaped only minutes before the six-hour standoff finished.