Sources of AENA They specify that the airport is open and operational and the decision not to fly is the responsibility of the airlines – in fact, a Ryanair flight has departed from Barcelona in the direction of the island.
The companies Vueling and Iberia They have canceled their operation at the Tenerife North airport scheduled for the afternoon of this Tuesday.
These are four flights from Madrid and one from Seville, Alicante, Barcelona and Malaga, operated by Air Europa, Iberia, Vueling and Ryanair.
Vueling indicates on social media that its flights in both Tenerife North and Tenerife South are being affected.
For its part, The Binter company reports the cancellation of flights NT652 from La Gomera to Tenerife North and NT653 from Tenerife North to La Gomera, due to suspended ash.
Binter will not fly to La Palma tomorrow either
Likewise, it has announced that tomorrow Wednesday it will also maintain the temporary stoppage of its flights with La Palma due to the evolution of the ash cloud.
Binter has suspended flights to La Palma since yesterday afternoon.
The scientific committee of the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan (Pevolca) warned this afternoon that the direction that the ash cloud of the La Palma volcano was taking could compromise air traffic not only on this island but also on La Gomera, El Hierro and the west of Tenerife for the next 36 hours.
From Fred. Olsen has announced the reinforcement of its connections with the island of La Palma from tomorrow Wednesday, with a third route a day.
