Tenerife South Airport puts into service this Wednesday five new boarding gates of the six existing in zone C (previously called Terminal 2), with the aim of expanding the area designated for this purpose in the airport facility and improving efficiency and passenger comfort. In addition, a new exit passport control also comes into operation in this same area.
The six boarding gates in zone C, along with the four that will be located in the connecting building, are added to the existing 16, making a total of 26 throughout the Airport. The adaptation of zone C, which has an investment of 6.1 million euros and which expands the airport surface by 5,000 square meters, will entail other improvements in this space, such as the launch of 32 new check-in counters, which will be added to the current 87.
The new passport control put into operation today in zone C, together with another that was put into service last July for boarding gates A in the original airport terminal, has involved an investment of more than 1.3 million euros. euros.
The expansion works that are being carried out at the Tenerife South Airport double the operational area for check-in and boarding and expand the general capacity of the Airport, which will go from 13 to 16 million passengers per year, with which the infrastructure will be in full conditions to meet the present demand and the near future.
These works are included in the Airport Regulation Document (DORA) 2017-2021, which contemplated 140 million euros of investment for the Airport and which will end with 152 million euros invested. The works will be completed in the first quarter of 2022, resulting in a single large terminal area. This intervention represents the largest expansion and modernization of the Tenerife South Airport in its entire history.
