The adverse conditions caused by the passage of storm Charles through the Canary archipelago have led to the cancellation of 28 flights and the diversion of another 16 at the Canary airports, as reported this Wednesday by Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA).
The most affected island was La Palma, at whose airport 14 flight cancellations were recorded with destinations to Tenerife North, six to Gran Canaria airport, one flight to Tenerife South, and another destined for Frankfurt.
In addition, a flight from Madrid was canceled, another originating from Munich was diverted to Gran Canaria, and two flights from Zurich and Berlin were diverted to Tenerife South.
Likewise, the passage of the storm through Lanzarote caused the diversion to Fuerteventura of flights from Bristol, Dublin, and Düsseldorf, while a plane that had departed from Gran Canaria had to return to the same airport.
Likewise, a flight from Hamburg was diverted to Fuerteventura, and a plane that had departed from Tenerife North had to return to the same airport.
Precisely, the adverse weather in Tenerife North also caused three flights from Gran Canaria to return to their departure airport.
In addition, two flights originating from Madrid were diverted to Tenerife South and Gran Canaria, while a plane from Seville was also diverted to Tenerife South.
AENA also reports that two flights that were supposed to depart from Tenerife North to Gran Canaria airport were canceled.
For its part, the conditions caused by the storm led to the cancellation of a flight between La Gomera airport and Tenerife North, while from El Hierro, two cancellations were recorded to the aforementioned Tenerife airport, and another plane that was supposed to depart from this aerodrome to El Hierro returned to Tenerife.
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