The president of the Cabildo of TenerifeRosa Dávila, announced yesterday that the island Government “will begin the process” to declare a sensitive area for the Airport Tenerife South and its Regulations. The objective is to prevent further registration the queues of travelers waiting for a taxi, an image that is repeated on the days of the week when the airfield registers more activity. He defended that it is a “critical infrastructure” that “cannot be hijacked by anyone or by any municipality.”
With the path of dialogue as a premise, Dávila called on the taxi drivers of Granadilla de Abona and the mayor of the municipality, Jennifer Miranda, to join the island taxi agreement that is managed through the Federation of Taxi Drivers (Fedetax). . An “alliance” that seeks to facilitate the passenger collection service in Tenerife South to taxis from other municipalities.
In the meeting held yesterday by the councilor and the representatives of the local taxi with Fedetax, they expressed their willingness and collaboration to create a protocol that is activated in situations of collapse, they recalled that it already exists with the Arona and Adeje collective, and they influenced in that the cause of this problem “is not in the airport, but in the Southern Highway”, the source of frequent and prolonged delays. The mayor made it clear that “no one has contacted us since the Council to reach a consensus on a decision in this regard.
Rosa Dávila yesterday gave the case of the Tenerife North-City of La Laguna Airport as an example of the objective set. She assured that for years, taxi drivers have had computer applications that enable and allow access.
The announcement made yesterday by the president will provide the service with the necessary tools to organize and regulate taxi activity at the airport after the regulation for the declaration of the Tenerife South and Tenerife North airports and ports as sensitive areas failed. from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Los Cristianos. Put on public display on October 24, 2012, as published in the Official Gazette of the Province (BOP), its final approval is not recorded. Its sole transitional provision establishes that said regulation “will be suspended until the planned telematics platform is implemented”, as it is an essential mechanism for its application.
The problem of passenger queues is also recorded at passport control. Hence, the Circle of Entrepreneurs and Professionals of the South of Tenerife (CEST) and the provincial hotel employers’ association (Ashotel), two groups with the highest representation in the southern municipalities, demand an agreement from the administrations and associations involved.
The Tenerife South Airport occupies land in Granadilla de Abona and San Miguel de Abona (a small portion). The municipality of Granada has about 200 taxi licenses to serve an area with 10.8 million passengers, double that of Tenerife North, located in La Laguna with 364 taxi licenses.
