“The endeavour to enhance the Tenerife South-Reina Sofía Airport is unprecedented and has been addressed at various points,” noted the vice president of the Cabildo, Lope Afonso. However, that is not the case currently. The business and political figures consulted, and who chose to express their views, concur that it is a requirement, yet not the foremost priority for a facility that has been operational for over 46 years and is expected to handle 13.7 million passengers by the end of 2024, based on data released by Spanish Airports (Aena). The initial request for this expansion by the Island dates back to 1988, a decade following its opening on October 23, 1978.
