Tourism Influx For Fuerteventura 2010

Tourism Influx For Fuerteventura 2010

The tourism councilor of Fuerteventura, Agueda Montelongo states that July was the ‘second best month the island has experienced since 2003’. This is a fantastic achievement and shows further signs of recovery, mainly due to the increase in winter flights to the island, reinforcing furthermore Fuerteventura as the ideal all year round holiday destination, or a home from home in the beautiful Canary Islands.

Fuerteventura has never been easier to reach thanks to the increased number of flights to the island, getting on a plane is so easy and simple with local investment in infrastructure doubling the size of the airport. The amount of Irish holiday makers coming to the island is up by a staggering 200% a remarkable increase due mainly to the return of Ryanair flying from Dublin. Whilst Britons up by 44% and Germans by 33%. A really fantastic sign for Fuerteventura and the Canary islands.

However the biggest surprise was among the Slovakians, who we have seen a 315% increase coming to the island. An astonishing figure and furthermore, shows the growing popularity of our unique and beautiful island to new and emerging markets.

These figure show us that since January tourism overall in fuerteventura has increased by 14% this equates to an extra 100,000 visitors. Agueda has stated that Ryanair provides the island with 12% of international flights.

These figures really put emphasis on just how diverse and special Fuerteventura is. The island really does offer something for everyone for all ages and all interests. Our lovely all year round warm climate really does make us thankful for what we have. Due to the accessibility and increase flights to the island we hope to see these figures keep on rising, allowing everyone to enjoy the wonders Fuerteventura has to offer. For more information on the Island, how to get there, where to stay and properties to rent or own follow the link or call Goldacre Estates on 0034-928535044 http://www.goldacre-estates.com/.

New Flights To The Canaries Will Boost The Property Market.

New flight services to the Canaries should be a boost for the property market. All the Canary Islands and in particular Fuerteventura could be in line for a property market boost as low-cost airlines start arriving from the UK.

Budget carrier EasyJet has revealed that three new services will fly to the Islands from early next month. A Liverpool to Fuerteventura service will begin on November 2nd and flights to Lanzarote will start from the same location on the 3rd. On November 4th, a new service will commence to Fuerteventura from London Stansted.

Palm Air and Monach Airways have already started new services to Fuerteventura.

RyanAir are also opening new air routes into Lanzarote which with the regular ferry routes between the two islands means even more choice for travellers to Fuerteventura.

Cheaper Airfares with - Aer Lingus to Canary Islands, From Dublin To Fuerteventura And Belfast to Tenerife….

New flights by Aer Lingus from Dublin to Fuerteventura and Belfast to Tenerife will begin in October, brings big relief to overseas property buyers, despite plans to cut planes from some of its other routes.
Aer Lingus advanced bookings for flights to the Canary Islands has been good and it is anticipated by the airline operator that their main passengers will be people looking to purchase Real Estate or to rent holiday property independently from tour operators in the Canaries.

There is a trend now in Fuerteventura for tourists to be moving away from the all inclusive packages to finding their own apartments or villas to rent, it has been reported by Room To Breathe a local management and letting agent in Fuerteventura that they are finding increasing numbers of enquiries for rural holidays in Fuerteventura.

New flights to Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria have been added by Monach

New flights to Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria have been added to Monarch’s scheduled flying programme for next summer.

Two flights a week will operate from Manchester to Fuerteventura plus weekly services from Birmingham, Gatwick and Luton.
Gran Canaria will be served by two new flights a week from Birmingham and Manchester and a weekly connection from Gatwick.
The airline is also stepping up frequency to Tenerife, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Gibraltar and Ibiza.
The introduction of new services to Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria brings the total number of routes operated by Monarch for summer 2010 to 49.
Liz Savage, managing director of Monarch flights and holidays, said: “We are seeing huge demand for our mid-haul destinations this year and have responded to this with the introduction of Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria in addition to increasing frequencies to Tenerife and Lanzarote meaning even more people can take advantage of our low fares.”
Highlights of the summer 2010 schedule currently on sale include:
*New route Fuerteventura - two flights a week from Manchester and one flight a week from Birmingham, Gatwick and Luton
*New route Gran Canaria - two flights a week from Birmingham and Manchester and one flight per week from Gatwick
*Increased frequency: Birmingham-Tenerife - six flights a week
*Increased frequency: Gatwick-Tenerife - seven flights a week
*Increased frequency: Luton-Tenerife - seven flights a week
*Increased frequency: Birmingham-Larnaca - three flights a week
*Increased frequency: Manchester-Larnaca - up to seven flights a week
*Increased frequency: Gatwick-Lanzarote - up to six flights a week
*Increased frequency: Manchester-Lanzarote - up to seven flights a week
*Increased frequency: Luton-Gibraltar - daily flight
*Increased frequency: Manchester-Ibiza - six flights a week

Source: Monarch Airways and Phil Davies, Travel Mole.

Easyjet is to start a raft of new routes across Euorpe in the winter.

Easyjet have announced new destinations and services to add to its european routes. Eight of the 15 new routes will run from UK airports, mainly to winter sun destinations.

The low cost carrier is to serve Sharm el Sheikh and Paphos from Luton; Fuerteventura from Liverpool and Stansted; Lanzarote from Liverpool; Lyon from Edinburgh, Hamburg and Porto from Gatwick.

Other services added to the network for winter 2009-10 include six routes from Rome and one from Madrid.

Fares from the UK start at £27.99 one-way on the three flights a week between Edinburgh and Lyon and rise to £75.99 one-way from Luton to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh which will be also be served three times a week.

The new flights start between November 2 (Liverpool-Fuerteventura) and February 2, 2010 (Gatwick-Hamburg) with the majority starting in early November.

Chief executive Andy Harrison said: “Times are tough for consumers so we are proud to offer great year-round holiday destinations for incredibly low prices.”

Source Travel Mole

More Flights Coming To Fuerteventura

More Flights Coming To Fuerteventura from the UK

EXETER International Airport has signed a deal with an airline and tour operator which will run new flights to two winter holiday hot spots. Palmair will be flying holidaymakers from Exeter to Tunisia in November. The company will also operate flights to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, for one or two-week holidays, from November until the end of March, 2010.

The airport’s managing director Jamie Christon, said: “This is great news for the airport team and for those wanting to fly to guaranteed sunshine this winter. Despite the gloomy economic conditions, these new routes may be an indicator of better times ahead and I am confident that these flights will sell out quickly”.

UK-based Palmair, which operates from offices in Bournemouth, was voted Britain’s most popular short haul airline last year in a survey by Holiday Which?

New Flights to Fuerteventura

Much was made of Ryan Airs decision to call a halt to flights to the island and it is still unknown whether this halt will be permanent or not! But of course when one airline decides the time to cut back and lose flights is now…other airlines see this as an opportunity to expand and take advantage of the situation.

Flight operator “Kiss” will be starting a new service to Fuerteventura from Manchester and Gatwick in April this year. The airline announced that the weekly “flight only” service will operate on Wednesdays. For more information visit http://www.kissflights.com/

Jet2 have been adding new destinations and talks are rumoured to be ongoing to open a service from the UK to the island. As the saying goes watch this space http://www.jet2.com/

Easyjet of course are still a low cost airline operating a regular service between the Fuerteventura and the UK albeit via Madrid. Seats can be found for as little as 60 Euros on the 5 flights a week service. Visit for information http://www.easyjet.com/

We also found flights for under 130 Euros using the Spanish national carrier Iberia between London and Fuerteventura again via Madrid. See http://www.iberia.com/

With Thompsons, Thomas Cook and My Travel operating their usual regular service, cheap seats can always be found and travelling between the UK and the island is never difficult. Also remember that regular flights from the UK and Ireland land in Arricife so a short bus journey and ferry crossing will get you to Corralejo. http://www.navieraarmas.com/