More and more people are choosing to use low cost airlines when flying to Spain. Figures recently released confirm that over 50% of all flights arriving in Spain are using low cost airlines to travel. Between January and June (2010) over 25.000.000 passengers entered Spain via air, an increase of 0.9% when compared to 2009, [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Low cost airline flights to Spain on the rise
Posted by Canaries News on July 23rd, 2010
Posted in Canaries, Gran Canaria, Tenerife 
Tags: flights, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, tourism 
No Comments »Moscow Ballet performs in Tenerife 24th/25th July 2010
Posted by Canaries News on July 22nd, 2010
The Moscow Ballet performs in Tenerife 24th/25th July 2010, it comprises some of the best Russian dancers and choreographers from famous ballets as Bolshoi and Stanislavsky, and will perform in La Laguna with the play ‘The Lake of the Swan’. Tickets can only be bought at the theatre’s selling point, on Monday to Friday, from [...]
Air traffic chaos over summer to cost millions of euros
Posted by Canaries News on July 22nd, 2010
Canarian businesses have shown their concern about the effect the air traffic controllers situation will have on tourism this summer and have asked the government to find a permanent solution to the conflict. It is expected to cost the industry €1.500.000.000 in the Canary Islands, and up to €15.000.000.000 Nationally if a solution is not [...]
Tenerife TV promotion underway
Posted by Canaries News on July 21st, 2010
The island of Tenerife is advertising itself as a tourism destination on the satellite TV channel Liberty TV in Belgium, France and Luxemburg. The campaign started in June and will finish in September and the channel has approximately 4.000.000 viewers. According to José Manuel Bermúdez from Turismo de Tenerife, the island is hoping to attract [...]
High temperature weather alert for Canaries
Posted by Canaries News on July 19th, 2010
Temperatures reaching nearly 40C were recorded on the island of Gran Canaria which caused an ‘orange’ weather alert from the AEMET (State meteorological agency) and it is today expected that temperatures on the islands will reach over 40C during the today. The ‘Calima’ will cause the temperatures to rise considerably. (Calima – Hot winds, normally [...]
