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Centre-Right Pact Between Regionalists (CC) And Resident Conservatives (PPAV) Returns Marco Aurelio Perez As Southern Mayor
The conservative Partido Popular-Agrupación de Vecinos (PP-AV) and the right of centre regionalist Coalición Canaria (CC) have this Thursday signed a local government pact that will shape the future of the southern Gran Canaria tourism municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The alliance, dubbed a “Pact for Stability and Socioeconomic Progress of San Bartolomé Tirajana”, represents 60% of the votes cast in the municipality’s recent local elections, emphasised the mayor-elect, Marco Aurelio Pérez (PP-AV), who returns for the third time to lead the local council responsible for some of the most important tourism areas on the island, including Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés and San Agustín.
Local Government Coalition Agreement Maspalomas and the South of Gran Canaria
A governing coalition pact has been finalised in San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The Popular Party–Agrupación de Vecinos (PP-AV) conservative residents party is to join forces with regionalist centre-right Coalición Canaria (CC) to govern the main tourist municipality on Gran Canaria for the next four years. Marco Aurelio Pérez will serve as mayor for the entire four-year term, and the Popular Party will take charge of Employment, Sports, Roads and Infrastructure, and Human Resources, among other areas. The regionalists, led by Alejandro Marichal, will oversee Urban Planning, Economy and Finance, and Tourism as their main departments.
Storm Óscar Latest: Government of the Canary Islands Declares Rain Alert for Western Islands and Gran Canaria
A storm system, dubbed Óscar, has formed over the last few days over the mid-north Atlantic, unusual for this time of year, and has led to concern from meteorologists and journalists as it passes south of the Azores, its tail should reach The Canary Islands, before the system heads northeast towards mainland Spain. Advisory warnings have been issued in expectation of heavy rainfall, primarily in the Western Isles of the Canary Islands Archipelago, though some rainfall is also expected to reach Gran Canaria over the next couple of days. It seems unlikely that any major consequences will stem from the bad weather, however these things can be unpredictable and so every precaution is taken to ensure people are informed and kept safe.
Foundation Investigated for Alleged Mismanagement of Public Funds Meant for Care of Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
The 7th Investigative Court of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has opened a preliminary investigation into the Social Response Foundation Siglo XXI and four of its directors. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office in Las Palmas filed a complaint against them, alleging crimes that could include forgery of commercial documents, mismanagement, and embezzlement of public funds. The investigation aims to determine whether this nonprofit organisation, and its officials, could have misused public funds intended for the care of unaccompanied migrant minors, during the migration crisis of 2020 that was precipitated by the pandemic confinement on the islands, leading to a build up of arrivals having to be assessed and cared for by the Canary Islands Regional Government, using hotels left empty due to the lack of tourism. The estimated amount involved in the alleged misuse stands at around €12.5 million between 2020 and 2022 on Gran Canaria alone.
Canary Islands Expect Rain and Potential Storm Weather Next Week
The Canary Islands are preparing for a change in the weather next week, as a significant increase in cloud is expected bringing higher probability of rain. The effects of a powerful storm forming in the Atlantic Ocean are likely to extend to the Canary Islands as well as neighbouring Madeira and The Azores.
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Drunk English woman dragged off plane on arrival in Fuerteventura
A heavily inebriated English woman had to be removed from a plane by the Guardia Civil on arrival at Fuerteventura Airport. The Ryanair plane had flown from London Stansted Airport.
As the video shows, Civil Guard agents forcibly removed the woman pulling her up from her seat while she defiantly wails “I do not need an ambulance.”
The drunken woman had begun to argue with another passenger, when flight attendants were forced to intervene and asked someone sitting next to her to move “for her own safety”.
You can hear the other annoyed passengers cheering and applauding when the woman in question is finally pulled up and dragged out by her arms.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said that “The crew of this flight from London Stansted to Fuerteventura requested police assistance on arrival after a passenger became annoyed on the flight, we will not tolerate undisciplined or disruptive behaviour at any time, the security and the comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority.”
Drunk English woman dragged off flight to Canary Islands
An inebriated English woman had to be removed from a plane by the Guardia Civil on arrival at Fuerteventura Airport. The Ryanair plane had flown from London Stansted Airport.
As the video shows, Civil Guard agents forcibly removed the woman pulling her up from her seat while she defiantly screams “I do not need an ambulance.”
The drunken woman had begun to argue with the other passenger, when flight attendants were forced to intervene and asked someone sitting next to her to move “for her own safety”.
You can hear the other annoyed passengers cheering and applauding when the woman in question is finally pulled up and dragged out by her arms.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said that “The crew of this flight from London Stansted to Fuerteventura requested police assistance on arrival after a passenger became annoyed on the flight, we will not tolerate undisciplined or disruptive behavior at any time, and security and the comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority.”
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International passengers to Gran Canaria increased 6% in March, growing 3.2% in the first quarter of the 2018 overall
Gran Canaria received 407,000 foreign passengers in March, 23,600 more than during the same month last year, when 383,730 visitors arrived on the island, a 6% rise, according to the latest report published by Spanish airport authority AENA.
These figures now consolidate Gran Canaria’s position of as one of the most preferred tourist destinations, by Europeans, during a period that includes Easter, and once again highlight the Nordic, German and British as primary source markets, leading the arrivals of passengers to the island.
The combined Nordic market was once again the main source of winter arrivals, accounting for 37.4% of total arrivals in March, with 152,000 passengers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland combined, representing an increase of 10,700 visitors (+7.6%). Meanwhile 101,600 travelled from Germany, an increase of 4.7%. Added to this, 71,700 British passengers arrived on the island last month, a modest rise of 0.92% representing 653 more visitors.
In terms of emerging markets, 19,000 Dutch chose Gran Canaria, while visitors originating in Switzerland increased by 22% to total 10,000. The Irish market grew too in March, with a rise of 12% to exceed 7,200 passengers, while visitors flying from Poland recorded a rise of 14.5% to reach 6,255 passengers.
One of the biggest increases in percentage passenger volume came from France, which saw a 40% rise, reaching 4,800 passengers in March.
During the first quarter of this year, more than 1,156,500 international passengers have arrived on the island, a growth 36,500 passengers over the same period last year, a total increase of 3.2%.
Nordic passengers accounted for 38.6% of total arrivals, further consolidating their positive evolution to reach 446,700 passengers added to a 6% increase of 25,200 more people, German numbers rose by 1.6% (4,500 people), to total 290,700 passengers, while 184,750 people flew from the United Kingdom, which actually means an overall decrease of 3.9% -7,500 tourists from British airports compared to the same period of the previous year, when Gran Canaria received 192,000.
From January to March 2018, 53,000 visitors came from the Netherlands, 6.7%, 3,300 more than last year. 27,600 travellers originating in Switzerland increased by 14% adding 3,410 more passengers, while the Belgian market exceeded 24,500 people, an increase of 3% another 705 more visitors.
The report from AENA also confirms positive evolution of various emerging markets including Ireland, which rose 9% to reach 19,600 passengers and Poland, with an increase of 8.4%, 1,400 passengers, to total 18,800 passengers. The French also increased their presence on Gran Canaria during the first quarter with more than 12,300 passengers, representing an increase of 8%, 920 more people, rounding off yet another successful start to the year.
Canarian airports moved 6% more passengers in February
Canary Islands airports dealt with a total of 3,560,704 passenger journeys in February, representing an increase of 6.1% over the same month of last year, thanks to the pull of routes from mainland spain, according to data from Aena.
Of the total commercial passenger journeys (3,505,207), 2.39 million correspond to international routes, a number that repeats almost the same figures as last year, 1.1 million to domestic flights, which have contributed 22 percent more travelers .
The archipelago’s airport with the highest passenger traffic was that of Gran Canaria, with 1,125,270 flight (+7.1%), followed by Tenerife Sur, with 928,910 (+0.9%).
Lanzarote airport follows, with 547,211 passengers (+2.7%); Fuerteventura, with 476.887 (+8.5%); then Tenerife North, with 359.285 (+21.1%); La Palma, with 104,754 (+3.6%); El Hierro, with 15,856 (+42.5%); and La Gomera, with 2,531 (+8.6%).
In the first two months of the year, Canary Islands airports have seen a total of 7.25 million passenger journeys, 5.9 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
Of the total commercial traffic recorded for the first two months of the year, 4.87 million passenger journeys were on international routes, an increase of 0.1%, and 2.28 million were national, 21.5% more.
Source: Aena
Gran Canaria airport’s new record facilitating 13 million passenger journeys in 2017
Gran Canaria Airport received it’s 13 millionth passenger journey for 2017 on December 27th, breaking all previous records, exceeding last years record by nearly one million passenger journeys.
The figure, announced by AENA, the Spanish Airport Authority, includes all flights dealt with by the airport, both departures and arrivals, so the Cabildo de Gran Canaria estimates that some 6.5 million individual passengers have travelled through the airport, 70% of whom are thought to have been tourists. This number puts Gran Canaria well on track to surpass last year’s record breaking year, with the president of the Tourist Board, Inés Jiménez, confirming that final figures for 2017 are likely to exceed 4.5 million visitors, both national and international, which would be the highest figure in the island’s history.
The “13 millionth” passenger was Ms Esther Calvo, who arrived to Gran Canaria, accompanied by her partner Daniel Garcia, on a Norwegian airlines flight from Madrid. They were received by Gran Canaria Airport director, Santiago Martínez-Cava, with a bunch of flowers and a round trip ticket to the Island as a gift. The event was also attended by the Spanish Government’s delegate to the the Canary Islands, Mercedes Roldós, and the Communication and Institutional Relations representative of Norwegian airlines, Alfons Claver.
The significant number of passengers recorded this year reflects an upward trajectory, in terms of the number of travelers and ‘operations’ at Gran Canaria Airport, in its more than 80 years of history. 13 million passenger journeys in 2017 consolidates Gran Canaria Airport as ranking sixth nationally in the AENA network for annual traffic volume and the third most important airport in Spain, after Madrid and Barcelona, during the winter season.