Gran Canaria has historic connectivity this winter

 

Gran Canaria Tourism has good connectivity prospects for the winter season, which begins this weekend, to consolidate the recovery of a key sector in the island economy and close the 2022 financial year with numbers close to those immediately prior to the appearance of the Coronavirus. To this end, the tourist destination of Gran Canaria will have 1.531.793 airline seats and direct connections with 89 airports in Europe (each seat being understood as a round trip), which represents an increase of 15% compared to what is offered (1.333.475 places) in the last quarter of 2021 and 20% (1.272.747) compared to 2019.

 

 

In addition, Aena has released a statement in which it confirms the perspectives and raises the connectivity statistic up to 24% since Aena's information includes both national, international and regional seats, and includes both the customer's outbound and return journeys. which doubles the previous figures. The airports that incorporate the greatest number of new routes for the winter season, according to Aena, are those of the Canarias Group, with 73. Especially significant are the figures for the Gran Canaria Airport, which grows with 29. By number of seats scheduled for In total for the season, Gran Canaria Airport is in the lead, with 8,2 million movements, 24% more than in 2019. Of these, almost five million have an international origin/destination (31% more compared to 2019), and 3,2 million other points in Spain, which increase 18% compared to 2019.

 

The flight map of the Gran Canaria destination (image attached) in Europe offers direct connections with 85 cities and 89 airports on the continent for the months of October, November and December, apart from the fact that airports such as Madrid or Barcelona serve as a mode. connection or transfer for many clients interested in their stay in Gran Canaria. The outlook for the second half of the winter season remains favorable with 1.599.464 international air seats (counting only one-way seats) for the months of January, February and March. 

 

“This is unprecedented connectivity. The objective is to get as close as possible to the pre-pandemic numbers. We have come from several bad years and the concern was maximum at the beginning of the year with the appearance of the war in Ukraine and the different crises derived from it, both financial and energy, which is why many of us agreed to be with these figures so close to the pre-pandemic statistics and promoting the growth prospects of the Canary Islands economy, something especially valuable when considering that our main markets, both the German and the Nordic ones, are suffering the consequences of these crises," said the Minister of Tourism of Gran Canaria, Carlos Álamo.

 

He highlighted the incorporation of new routes and connections and explained that the panorama of airline companies has changed with the departure of Thomas Cook or the problems of Norwegian Airlines. “In recent years we have lost the notable presence of these operators, but we have managed to consolidate and increase the offer of companies such as Vueling, EasyJet, Jet2, Binter and new companies such as Air Baltic,” explained the counselor, before adding that “this "It demonstrates the enormous resilience or recovery capacity of our destination, something that must be valued positively after the difficulties of recent years." 

 

Of the connectivity offered for the last three months of the year, 502.510 seats belong to the national market and 1.029.283 correspond to the international market.   

 

The flight map for the 2022/2023 winter season has been prepared with information from Mabrian, the SPEGC, and the airlines.