The Icelandic volcano ash has forced AENA to shut down the two airports in Tenerife (Los Rodeos – Tenerife North and Reina Sofia – Tenerife South) and the airport in La Palma and La Gomera from today, Tuesday 11/05/2010 at 05:00 until further notice. AENA recommends travellers to call their helpline on (+34) 902 404 [...]
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Tenerife North, Tenerife South and La Palma airports closed
Posted by Canaries News on May 11th, 2010
Posted in Canaries, La Palma, Tenerife 
Tags: cancellation, flights, la gomera, La Palma, tenerife north, tenerife south, volcanic ash 
No Comments »25 million euros a day – Cost of the volcanic ash
Posted by Canaries News on April 21st, 2010
It is reported that the flight ban due to the Icelandic volcanic ash is costing the Canaries economy €25.000.000 a day and is calling this event the biggest crisis in the tourism economy the islands have seen. This amount has been worked out by multiplying the amount of tourists that have not been able to [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife Tags: flights, tourism, volcanic ash 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 »584 cancelled flights in Spain today
Posted by Canaries News on April 20th, 2010
A total of 584 flights have been cancelled in and out of Spain today (Tuesday 20th April 2010) according to figures released by Aena. In total, since Thursday 15th of April, a total of 9.372 flights have been cancelled in Spain. AENA is continuing to advise people hoping to fly to first contact their airlines [...]
Posted in Canaries, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, National, Tenerife Tags: cancellation, flights, spain, volcanic ash No Comments »British girl dies in Gran Canaria car accident
Posted by Canaries News on April 20th, 2010
A British girl named as Abigail Harris, from Dewsbury, who was due to fly back to the UK three days ago but was stuck in the Canaries due to the volcanic ash, has died after being run over by a car in the tourist area of Mogan in the south of Gran Canaria on Sunday. [...]
Posted in Canaries, Gran Canaria Tags: accident. gran canaria, crash, mogan, san bartolome, volcanic ash No Comments »
