The Canary Islands Federation (Fecai) has shown this Wednesday its "absolute rejection" to the 4.09% increase in airport taxes that Aena has proposed starting next March, which has also been approved by the Government of Spain.
In an extraordinary session held by Fecai at the International Tourism Fair (Fitur) in Madrid, which opened this Wednesday, the presidents of the seven island councils have agreed to form a common front and join the Government of the Canary Islands to try to stop this increase in airport fees because it would reduce competitiveness compared to other destinations.
In a statement, Fecai has indicated that the seven island presidents have warned that, if the fees are increased, air operations between the islands would become more expensive and that companies may also pass this increase on to tourists.
"Although our territory is fragmented, and each island presents its own singularities, those of us who are part of this Assembly know very well that only through our union will we achieve the progress we seek for each of our island territories and therefore for the whole of Canarian society," said the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, who assumed the presidency of the body in this extraordinary session.
Together with Betancort as president, the top leader of the Cabildo of La Palma, Sergio Rodríguez, has assumed the vice-presidency of Fecai.
In his first words as president of Fecai, Oswaldo Betancort said that the islands "cannot live in isolation and require a special distinction as an outermost region".
All the island presidents participated in the extraordinary session held in Madrid.
