The eight Canarian airports will register a total of 5,282 takeoffs and landings during the five days –Friday to Tuesday, both included– in which the day bridge Canary Islands. Establishing an average of daily flights, compared to last year there will be 17 more every day for the islanders to leave and return to the Archipelago. The offer grows 16.9%.
The increase compared to 2022, when there were only four days, has as protagonists the routes that connect the Islands with Spanish destinations. The average in the national market – including the inter-island one – is 1,056 daily flights this year and from 1,039 in the past, which represents a relative increase of 25.15%.
However, the evolution of international connections goes in the opposite direction. In the three days off that led to the celebration of Canary Islands Day on Monday last year, an average of 382 operations were recorded each day. That figure is reduced to 374 on this occasion, which means a fall of 2.15%. The offer to travel to destinations in the state territory is 3,412 flights, and 1,870 when the planned trip leads to another country.
Regarding the concentration of takeoffs and landings, It is this Saturday when the highest volume is reached, with 1,185. On the other hand, the weakest day of the five that make up the bridge will arrive on Monday, with only 900.
The most intense transfer takes place this Saturday, with 1,185 movements between all the islands
To contextualize the movements that take place during these days, it is necessary to take into account that on this occasion, unlike others such as the Easter, Tuesday is only a holiday in the Canary Islands. That is to say, No major spikes in tourist arrivals are expected.
In addition, those who do not have a bridge or have not managed to postpone trips to the Peninsula for work, health or academic reasons, among other reasons, at the beginning of next week will be included among those who will occupy the seats offered, but they won’t actually do it for leisure.
Gran Canaria, the most used
Gran Canaria airport will be the most used by travelers these days. It is the one that concentrates a greater part of the flight offer, with 1,519 spread over the five days, with the 339 this Saturday as the top.
they follow him Tenerife North (968) and Tenerife South (880), completing a total of 1,148 takeoffs and landings between them during the long weekend. While in Los Rodeos this Friday is being the busiest, With 210 departures and arrivals of planes, at the Reina Sofía the maximum operational intensity occurs on Saturday, with 200.
Lanzarote is the scene of 879 takeoffs and landings during the bridge
Lanzarote tops the list of the other airports, with 879 flights over the bridge, and Sunday (200) as the busiest day. That particular zenith will reach it Fuerteventura this saturday (164) for a total of 610 operations. Far away from them The Palm will serve 302 arrivals and departures, and it is this Friday –70 operations– when the work of the operators of the La Palma airport is concentrated with greater intensity.
Also The iron arrives this Friday at its day with the highest number of takeoffs and landings (20), while La Gomera will have eight each of the five days. In the analysis of the less touristic islands, the latter offers 40 flights, and the one on the meridian, 84.
Fred.Olsen plans to move 57,000 passengers during the five days
Maritime transport will also notice an increase in demand. The Fred.Olsen shipping company plans to move 57,000 passengers across the bridge and 15,000 vehicles. The routes that connect Tenerife and La Gomera, and the one that does the same between Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura are the most requested; the first will be used by around 14,000 passengers, while the second will move 10,000.
