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Tenerife South consists of one three-storey passenger terminal in a classic brick style. The main level, Floor 0, contains all check-in and service counters, the departures waiting areas as well as the arrivals and main baggage reclaim. The departures area features 40 boarding gates of which ten are equipped with jetbridges. While the upper ...
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Tenerife Airport may refer to several airports on the Spanish island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands: Tenerife North Airport (1978–present), formerly known as Los Rodeos Airport; Tenerife South Airport (1978–present), also known as Reina Sofia Airport; Tenerife International Airport (1964–1978), renamed Tenerife North Airport in 1978
By nationalities that visit the Canary Islands, the destinations preferred by the British are Tenerife and Lanzarote, capturing 46.7% and 25% of their arrivals respectively; the Germans are distributed in a balanced way between Fuerteventura (29.8%), Gran Canaria (28.9%) and Tenerife (26.1%); Nordic people mostly choose Gran Canaria (58.7%) and Spaniards Tenerife (46%).
On 27 March 1977, Tenerife North Airport (then Tenerife Los Rodeos) was the scene of the deadliest accident in aviation history, which claimed the lives of 583 people. While attempting to take off, KLM Flight 4805, a Boeing 747-206B, collided with Pan Am Flight 1736, a Boeing 747-121, which was taxiing along the runway. All 248 passengers and ...
[citation needed] A typical ferry ride between La Palma and Tenerife may take up to eight hours or more while a fast ferry takes about two and a half hours and between Tenerife and Gran Canaria can be about one hour. [152] The largest airport is the Gran Canaria Airport. Tenerife has two airports, Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife South ...
A feasibility study on a railway line in Tenerife with a maximum speed of 220 km/h (140 mph) was first conducted in 1997. [1] [2] Originally, detailed planning was to begin in 2010 with the line expected to fully open in 2018. [3] However, in 2011 the plans were indefinitely postponed for economic reasons. [4] In 2017 the plan was reactivated. [5]
Tenerife is the most visited island in the archipelago [8] and one of the most important tourist destinations in Spain. [9] In 2014, 11,473,600 foreign tourists came to the Canary Islands. Tenerife had 4,171,384 arrivals that year, excluding the numbers for Spanish tourists which make up an additional 30% of total arrivals.