Iberia Express has scheduled a historical capacity with the archipelago in December and until January 9: close to 415,000 seats, which represents more than 57,000 additional seats and an increase of 16 percent in its offer compared to what it had initially scheduled for these dates.
Lanzarote is the island that adds the most flights, 50 additional flights, up to four daily flights each way, and almost 260 operations in these six weeks, adding up to almost 51,000 seats, with an increase in capacity that is close to 22%.
Iberia Express has concentrated 80% of its reinforcement for these dates in the Canary Islands: 314 additional flights out of the 400 it has planned in all its markets, which demonstrates the airline's strong commitment to continuously improve connectivity with the archipelago.
“We are convinced that the Canary Islands will once again be the star destination during the December and Christmas holidays, and our objective is to stimulate tourism and, at the same time, facilitate travel for residents during these dates. All the capacity that we are putting on the market should also contribute to prices being better adjusted to demand during these dates,” commented Isabel Rodríguez, commercial director of Iberia Express.
The air bridge between Gran Canaria and Tenerife concentrates Iberia Express's biggest commitment in the archipelago. Between the north and south of Tenerife, Iberia Express will add more than 120 additional operations and 162,000 seats during these scarce six weeks. This translates into an offer of up to 11 daily flights each way with Madrid and 16% more capacity than planned for these dates.
The corridor between Gran Canaria and Madrid has also been reinforced with more than 80 operations, which means having nine flights each way operated by Iberia Express and close to 138,000 seats, 12 percent more than what was initially in the program.
Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Palma, the largest growths.
For the period from December 1 to January 10, Iberia Express wanted to reinforce its capacity with the entire archipelago, to facilitate the connectivity of residents and also tourism trips both national to the islands less frequented by international visitors.
Only in Fuerteventura has it scheduled 36 more flights - 23 percent more than the planned capacity - and will reach almost 35,000 seats in this period. This means having up to three daily flights each way with Madrid.
And in La Palma, Iberia Express has also scheduled 26 additional flights for these six weeks of greater influx of visitors, with which it will offer two daily flights each way with Madrid. In total, it will reach 140 operations and close to 29,000 seats, almost 20 percent more capacity than the program it had initially planned for these weeks.
