Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Canary Islands Air Traffic Increases 5%
The eight Canary Islands airports, between them, handled a total of 34,594,739 passengers during 2006 - a 5% increase on the previous year - according to figures just released by Spanish airports authority (AENA).
The airports of Gran Canaria, Tenerife South and Lanzarote are situated in fifth, seventh and eighth place among Spanish airports for the volume of traffic they handle. Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) airport saw 8,845,668 passengers arrive and depart last year, while Tenerife North (Los Rodeos) handled 4,025,601 passengers.
Canarian airports also saw an increase in the number of flights handled in 2006, some 371,282 in total, 6% more than in the previous year. Tenerife South handled 65,774 flights and Tenerife North, 65,295, which includes both national and international flights, inter-island flights and also cargo operations.
El tráfico aéreo crece un 5% en las Islas hasta sumar 34,5 millones de pasajeros
