This Tuesday, the Tenerife Cabildo requested the Ministry of the Interior to bolster the Tenerife South Airport with additional personnel to accommodate the demand for passport control and prevent congestion affecting other complementary services, such as taxis.
In response to inquiries regarding the queues and delays encountered at Tenerife South Airport when obtaining a taxi, the president of the Cabildo, Rosa Dávila, noted that the situation results from “specific issues arising from flight diversions” and reiterated the intention to designate the infrastructure as a “sensitive area”.
“The designation of a sensitive area will enable us to maintain a much more stable operation, to have a legal guarantee for the licences issued beyond their municipalities,” stated the president, who highlighted the performance of the taxi sector in Granadilla, which utilises licences from other municipalities.
Moreover, she mentioned “other instances” affecting the services at Tenerife South Airport: the shortage of personnel to manage passengers arriving from outside the European Union, particularly from the United Kingdom, which leads to backlogs.
Dávila emphasises the necessity for the Ministry to recognise that the Canary Islands airports, especially Tenerife South—which accommodates the highest volume of tourists from the United Kingdom—require “more personnel” at passport control to prevent disruptions to other services, as “the machines are not functioning.”
Nevertheless, she remains optimistic that the renovation project planned for the airport, which will commence “at the earliest” between 2027 and 2028, will afford it “greater functionality and comfort” in terms of serving users.
