Another new Airline for Fuerteventura

After five months courting industrialists and Majorcan politicians, a group of ex-pilots of the Futura Airline is making arrangements to start a new airline in the Canary Islands.

Gregorio Perez, President of The Chamber of Commerce of Fuerteventura, has stated that negotiations will involve Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

Business associations for the new airline are prepared to guarantee 6 million euros to the project, with workers contributing 1.5 million euros.

The airline will start with 2 planes, and 125 employees, hopefully doubling in number by the third year of operation. Flights will concentrate exclusively on travellers from the United Kingdom and Germany.

It is not yet clear if the airline will have its home base in Gran Canaria or Fuerteventura.

The Head of Tourism of the Canary Islands, Rita Martin, had meetings yesterday in London with representatives of Thomas Cook and TUI, with the purpose of increasing the number of tourists coming from the United Kingdom over the summer season.


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