Reaching 65.8% in October (2010), the Canaries had the highest occupation levels Spain last month, in particular, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote received the highest occupation levels above the national average of 50.8%. It is thouht that the increase in low-cost flights to the Canaries is boosting these figures as British low-cost flights were up [...]
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Low cost flights to Lanzarote up 20.5% in October 2010
Posted by Canaries News on November 23rd, 2010
Low cost flights to Lanzarote have risen by 20.5% when compared to figures for the same month last year (2009) reaching over 86.000 visitors. Nationally, the rise was 9.5% totalling over 2.980.000 passengers choosing to visit Spain using a low cost airline during the month of October 2010.
Tourist Arrivals Soar By 30% On Lanzarote in September
Posted by Canaries News on October 25th, 2010
The number of tourists visiting Lanzarote rose by 30% last month, according to the latest figures just released by the Spanish airport authority AENA. As a total of 122,222 visitors arrived on flights to Lanzarote from across Europe. British visitors accounted for well over 60% of this figure, as 77,281 arrivals from the UK touched [...]
BAA staff vote for strike action
Posted by Canaries News on August 13th, 2010
The six UK airports operated by BAA, Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen could be seriously affected if their staff go ahead with the strikes that their staff have voted for, according to their union, Unite. The strike is after the announcement of just a 1% wage increase for 2010 and a pay freeze [...]
Low cost airline flights to Spain on the rise
Posted by Canaries News on July 23rd, 2010
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, [...]
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