The ENAIRE Canaries Control Centre started the year with 13.6% growth in international flights
Total managed air traffic rose by 9%, with domestic flights up 1.9%
ENAIRE, the air navigation manager in Spain, began 2017 with strong growth in the number of flights managed by the Canaries Control Centre. Total air traffic at Canaries in January came to 28,216 flights, 9% more than January 2016.
With respect to international traffic, figures point to a total of 16,880 flights (13.6% more than the first month of last year); there were 8,924 domestic flights (+1.9%) and 2,414 overflights (those that neither start nor end at a Canary Islands airport), a rise of around 7%.
The Canaries Control Centre manages air traffic services in a geographic area covering 1.5 Mn sq km, mostly over ocean and including the Canary Islands and part of the Western Sahara. It is the gateway to Latin America via the Atlantic.
Total flights managed by ENAIRE
ENAIRE managed a total of 125,721 flights in January 2017, 8% more than the same month last year. International traffic posted its highest-ever growth: 70,468 flights, up 10.8%. There was also a record number of overflights (27,884; +6.5%).
It was the busiest January since 2008 (139,562 flights). Last month was the 40th month in a row of uninterrupted growth.
Growth in Spain was much higher than the European average (+2.7%).
Traffic was up across all ENAIRE control centres: Canaries (+9 %, 28,216 flights), Madrid (+7.8%, 77,549 flights), Palma (+7.7%, 9,498 flights), Barcelona (+7.5%, 49,141 flights) and Seville (+5.5%, 25,442).
Number of the Department of communication +34 912 967 551
Communication department email address comunicacion@enaire.es