The tourism sector of Lanzarote has received encouraging news in recent days. The British airline Monarch Airlines has announced to the British press its strategic plans for the next winter tourist season, which begins on November 1. According to Liz Savage, general manager of the low cost airline, "given the enormous interest that Lanzarote arouses in the British market, it has increased airline seats by more than 15 percent from the English airport of Birmigham, and more than 10 percent the seats for passengers flying to the island of Lanzarote from London Luton, compared to the period 2007-08".
Monarch, according to official AENA statistics, transported a total of 100,660 tourists to Lanzarote from the United Kingdom during 2007, becoming the sixth company by passenger volume at Guacimeta airport, and the second airline by foreign passengers.
From Asolan, this news is positively valued, confirming the recovery of the British market, the most important by volume on the island of Lanzarote. Of the more than 1,618,335 foreign tourists who arrived on the island of volcanoes last year, 50.31 percent came from the United Kingdom.
The Association, chaired by Francisco Armas López, through the Lanzarote Foreign Promotion Society, has recently signed agreements with the airlines Air Lingus and Jet 2.com. These are joined by the new connections and increased seats of Easyjet and Monarch to reinforce the British and Irish market, which in recent months have registered increases of more than 15 percent.
