Tag: Canary Islands

airBaltic Launches Seasonal Base in Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria. Today, on December 1, 2023, the Latvian national airline airBaltic launched its seasonal base in Gran Canaria, one of Spain’s Canary Islands. During this winter, airBaltic will base two of its Airbus A220-300 aircraft at the Gran Canaria airport (LPA), serving a total of 10 direct ro...

Binter signs contract with Embraer to adopt Beacon as its digital maintenance platform

Binter Canarias and Embraer signed a contract to adopt the Beacon digital platform for its E195-E2 fleet maintenance. The Canary Island airline's decision came after successful testing of the coordination platform that connects resources and professionals for the quickest return of aircraft to se...

airBaltic Carries 38% More Passengers in August

During August 2022, Latvian airline airBaltic has carried 386 500 passengers or by 38% more than during the same period last year. In August 2022, airBaltic performed 3 690 flights – by 20% more than in August 2021. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We have recorded a s...

Airports call for urgent Regional Travel Corridors

The Airport Operators Association has today called for the Government to take immediate action to exclude the Balearic and Canary Islands from the 14-day quarantine for all passengers returning from Spain introduced on Sunday. The trade body has revealed that flights to the Spanish Islands tradit...

Lufthansa expands touristic offer to include two additional sunny destinations

Lufthansa expands touristic offer to include two additional sunny destinations

Just in time for the start of the autumn holidays in Germany, Lufthansa will be offering two new sunny destinations from Frankfurt: Gran Canaria and Tenerife. The Canary Islands are particularly popular holiday destinations during the autumn and winter holidays because of their ideal climatic condit...

Embraer Delivers Its First Jet to the Spanish Airline Binter, a New Model in Europe

Embraer Delivers Its First Jet to the Spanish Airline Binter, a New Model in Europe

The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer delivered the first of five E195-E2 model aircraft, a new model in Europe, this Thursday. They were acquired a year ago by the Spanish airline Binter as part of the Canary Islands company's growth of long-distance flights. "This aircraft will be an imp...

Ryanair faces five more days of strikes in Spain

Ryanair faces five more days of strikes in Spain

Ryanair faces more strikes after Spanish pilot union SEPLA called for industrial action on 19, 20. 22, 27 and 29 September. Around 900 pilots could walk out in protest at the closures of Ryanair bases in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Girona, which will cut 120 jobs. The low-cost carrier no...

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