SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 3 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
More than 30 flights have had to be canceled and several have been diverted as a result of the arrival of the storm in the Canary Islands, which this Sunday is affecting some of the airports in the Archipelago, according to sources from Aena to Europa Press.
The airport most affected by adverse weather has been La Palma. Thus, until 7:00 p.m., 24 cancellations have been registered (11 arrivals and 13 departures). Of the total cancellations, 19 are flights with Tenerife North (10 departures and 9 arrivals) and 4 are flights with Gran Canaria (2 departures and 2 arrivals).
Likewise, an outbound flight with Düsseldorf was cancelled, since the plane that had to reach La Palma could not land and was diverted to Tenerife South. There was also a diversion of a flight from Tenerife North that could not land in La Palma and had to be diverted again to Los Rodeos.
In El Hierro there have been 5 cancellations (3 flights from Tenerife and two from La Palma); in La Gomera, another 3 cancellations, all with flights with Tenerife North.
There was also a diversion of a flight to Gran Canaria as it was unable to land at Fuerteventura Airport and another flight from Gran Canaria that could not land at Los Rodeos and was diverted to Tenerife South.
