The coastlines of the islands closest to Africa, where most of the illegal immigrants arrive via ‘cayuco’ are currently unprotected, as released in a statement by a Guardia Civil union. The only boat available to cover the coast of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura has had to be taken ashore due to lack of maintenance and has [...]
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Unprotected coastlines for Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
Posted by Canaries News on May 5th, 2010
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote 
Tags: Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, guardia civil, illegal immigrant, Lanzarote 
No Comments »Ryanair to operate flights from Canaries to mainland Spain
Posted by Canaries News on April 20th, 2010
Ryanair is to operate various flights tomorrow (Wednesday) and the day after (Thursday) between the Canarian airports of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote to move over 124.000 tourists stranded in the Canary Islands to mainland Spain for them to continue their journey by other means. Ryanair have a special website page which is located [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife Tags: cancellations, flights, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, tourism, volcanic ash No Comments »300 cancelled flights in one day in the Canaries
Posted by Canaries News on April 19th, 2010
300 flights were cancelled yesterday (Sunday 18/04/2010) in the Canary Islands due to the volcanic ash from the Icelandic volcano eruption. 125 flights were cancelled in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and 176 in the province of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria which has left the Canary Islands completely isolated from most of [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife Tags: flights, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, volcanic ash No Comments »100.000 stranded tourists in the Canaries
Posted by Canaries News on April 19th, 2010
According to Ashotel (Association of Hoteliers of Tenerife) estimates that there are around 100.000 stranded tourists in the Canary Islands that are unable to travel back to the country of origin and the same amount (100.000) that are not able to fly into the islands due to the volcanic ash from Iceland. Jose Manuel Bermudez [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife Tags: flights, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, spain, Tenerife, volcanic ash No Comments »Flight cancellations – Useful info
Posted by Canaries News on April 19th, 2010
List of useful contact numbers and websites regarding flight cancellations due to the volcanic ash. Easyjet – www.easyjet.com Jet2.com – (+34) 922 759 393 Monarch – +44 8719 40 50 40 (from abroad) or 800 099 260 (from UK) Ryanair – www.ryanair.com Thomas Cook – (+34) 922 757 409 Thomson – 0800 009 3833 (from [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife Tags: flights, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, spain, Tenerife, volcanic ash 1 Comment »
