Flights and Travel
During the past 30 years Tenerife has developed into one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. With two airports (one in the North and one in the South) the island deals with more than 5 million visitors every year.
Most aiports in the UK fly to Tenerife with many offering excellent prices.
Travel Arrangements
The glorious year round weather has always attracted holidaymakers to Tenerife, and now with the low cost airlines also adding Tenerife to their destinations it is becoming more and more popular.
An island filled with surprises, gold shores mingle with charcoal sands, quiet beach resorts sit by lively towns and days at the waterparks mix with exciting jeep safaris to Mount Teide so, whether you want a beach, a party or a spot of adventure, Tenerife is set to deliver.
Getting to Tenerife
The usual means of travelling to and from the Canary Islands is by aircraft. These days this could hardly be easier and flight prices can represent very good value too, especially when purchased as part of a package holiday.
It was the advent of regular, affordable international flights to Tenerife, in the late 1950's and early 1960's that sparked the rapid growth of the island's tourist trade, especially in the south, which continues to this day.
Tenerife is the only Canary Island with two airports. Until 1977 it had only one: Los Rodeos airport is situated in the north of the island near La Laguna. A second airport - the Reina Sofia (named after the wife of the King of Spain) - was constructed in the south near the Costa del Silencio, a few miles from Las Americas/Los Cristianos.
Nowadays, the Reina Sofia is a thoroughly modern airport and handles almost all of Tenerife's international traffic that, on Fridays (the busiest day of the week), means one flight approximately every six minutes.
Over the last year the airport has been undergoing a 'face-lift' to improve it's appearance and work is presently continuing on redesigning the car and coach parks.
Look through our guide to flights and travel agents offering discounts for booking online, to make arranging your holiday to Tenerife as easy as possible.
Links
Aena gives you access to flight departure and arrival information for all Spainish airports. As well as news and advice about issues that may occur with certain airlines, including strikes and security alerts.
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