SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct. 30 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Airlines have scheduled 28.9 million seats at Canary Islands airports for the winter season, which began yesterday Sunday and will last until March 30, 2024, which represents an increase of 15% compared to the same season. 2022. Of the total, 18.2 million seats correspond to international flights (+17%) and 10.7 million to domestic flights (+11%).
Regarding the number of commercial operations scheduled for this season, they increase by 13% compared to the same period last year, between arrivals and departures they add up to a total of 197,854 movements.
The number of routes that airlines have planned in the archipelago is 819, increasing by 59 compared to the previous winter season.
The Gran Canaria Airport with more than 8.6 million scheduled seats and an increase of 12.4% is the one that will have the greatest supply. Of these, more than 3.6 million have their origin/destination in other parts of Spain; more than 4.8 million, Europe, and nearly 127,000 on the African continent.
In total, 47 airlines have scheduled 254 routes at the Gran Canaria airport. In the nearly 60,000 planned movements, it will connect with 144 different destinations. By markets, after Spanish, the largest number of places offered is with Germany, followed by the United Kingdom.
For its part, the Tenerife South Airport has 215 scheduled routes operated by 49 airlines that will offer more than 7.5 million seats, 15.2% more than in 2022. Of them, more than 6.8 million will be for flights Europeans, nearly 610,000 for the national territory and more than 42,500 for Africa. Airlines have scheduled nearly 40,500 movements to 115 destinations. By markets, the number of places offered with the United Kingdom stands out, mainly to London and Manchester, followed by Germany and Spain.
It is followed by the César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport, with more than 5 million scheduled seats and a growth of 23.8% compared to the previous winter season. Of them, more than 3.6 million are for international flights and more than 1.5 million for domestic flights. In this case, 34 airlines have scheduled 156 routes, with 32,518 movements to 87 destinations. By markets, the number of places with the United Kingdom stands out, with London as the main connection, followed by national destinations, Germany, Ireland and France.
From/to Fuerteventura Airport, more than 3.4 million seats have been offered, with an increase of 11% over the winter season of 2022, by 36 airlines that have scheduled 128 routes. More than 2.6 million seats are for international flights to/from Europe and nearly 870,000 for domestic flights. In this period, 22,268 movements have been scheduled to 73 different destinations. By markets, the United Kingdom stands out, with London having the greatest offer, followed by Germany and Spain.
As for the Tenerife North-City of La Laguna Airport, 8 airlines have scheduled 38 routes, with just over 30,000 operations to 23 destinations. Of the more than 3.4 million seats offered, with an increase of 15.1%, the majority are concentrated in domestic destinations, reserving nearly 20,000 seats for international flights. By market, the national one stands out with connections to Madrid, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Barcelona and Lanzarote.
For its part, La Palma Airport will have 25 routes. The 14 airlines operating this season offer around 830,000 seats, 7.5% more, with around 650,000 seats on domestic flights and around 185,000 to/from Europe. In total, they have scheduled about 9,000 movements to 20 different destinations. The number of seats offered with Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Madrid stands out.
Finally, airlines offer nearly 160,000 seats at El Hierro Airport, 10% more, with 2,212 movements, and in La Gomera almost 90,000 seats and 1,242 movements, all of them to inter-island destinations, specifically to Tenerife North-City of La Laguna and Gran Canaria.
FLEXIBLE PROGRAMMING AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
The programming of seats and movements offered by airlines for the 2023 winter season is prepared months in advance and is subject to change by the airlines.
It must be taken into account that said programming responds to the requests made by the companies to operate at the airports and the number of seats that they offer to passengers on these flights. Therefore, it is about the offer of seats and flights, not real traffic data, since these are not obtained until the flights are operated and their occupancy is known.
Given the recovery of traffic, Aena is recovering a commercial incentive similar to the one it offered to airlines before the pandemic (in which years it provided some designed specifically for the situation caused by COVID-19), which was already applied during the pandemic. summer season and will continue from November 1 to March 31, 2024, and which stimulates the operation of new routes to unserved destinations and the growth of routes in airports with less than 3 million passengers.
The incentive consists of a 100% refund of the passenger’s airport fare, corresponding to the number of travelers, of each company that opens routes to destinations not served by the airport or that grow (with respect to the previous equivalent season), in routes that operate at airports with less than 3 million passengers. The maximum number of passengers to be incentivized by each company has a limit set by the number of passengers that the airline grows at the airport and in the total network.
