Flying to and from Fuerteventura post COVID-19 crisis

[Lorena]

Translated using google FuerteventuraHoy today.

This looks very good news for Fuerteventura.

The island president offers Fuerteventura as a space to apply this exceptional measure and measure its effectiveness

The president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Blas Acosta, has registered this Friday a request to the central government to make it mandatory to have a free medical certificate of COVID-19 for tourism in Spain once the health crisis is over or that, failing that , the measure is applied at least in Fuerteventura.

Tour operators and companies would require a medical certificate from their clients that they are free of COVID-19 before boarding their flights.


Thus, the Cabildo requests that the Ministry of Health, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Development, consider this possibility as "an exceptional measure until an effective vaccine against this pandemic is available."

In the letter, the island president raises the possibility that Fuerteventura is considered an ideal space to apply this exceptional measure and measure its effectiveness.

Fuerteventura received in 2019 more than three million tourists, most of them from international sources from up to 19 different European markets.

The economic reality of the island, based on a large proportion of tourism, has been seriously affected by the crisis generated by COVID-19, which is why the Cabildo proposes to take measures "to come out stronger after this crisis and guarantee our Potential demand throughout Europe for the quality and safety of our tourist offer ”, explains the Island President and Tourism Minister of the Majorero Council in the communication.


Split of the State of emergency thread. Sam.

[Jason W]

Great idea in principal but can’t see how the moment you board the flight you are guaranteed free of COVID 19. Do you take the test the day before, the week before you fly? Or have to carry an antibody certificate?

[windermeregolfer]

Well today sees the start of not just flights from mainland Spain but INTERNATIONAL flights arriving with two Ryanair flights one from London Stanstead due this morning and one from Manchester due this evening, our neighbours will be on the Manchester flight.

[windermeregolfer]

First flight from UK has arrived Ryanair from London Stanstead- 

           

[Archer]

That's re-assuring news! I wonder how many on board (both in and out), as tickets prices looked quite high?

Thanks for the update. 

[OMR + MIN]

First flight from UK has arrived Ryanair from London Stanstead- 

The Fue Airport arrivals website shows nothing coming in from the UK today? Is it unreliable?

[windermeregolfer]

First flight from UK has arrived Ryanair from London Stanstead- 

The Fue Airport arrivals website shows nothing coming in from the UK today? Is it unreliable?

Yes the sight is fairly reliable - Fuerteventura Airport Flight Arrivals

Today Wednesday 1/7 there is one Ryanair flight coming in from East Midlands (Leicestershire) due at 7pm

A number of flights over the last few days have shown scheduled but have not arrived I suspect due to being cancelled through lack of passengers.

The Ryanair flight last Saturday evening only had about 40 passengers on it according to our neighbours here who were on it.

[jimbews]

East Midlands shows up in the arrivals on the AENA website:

http://www.aena.es/en/fuerteventura-airport/index.html

Just be aware the link in that page defaults to Departures, rater than arrivals.

[Ducks]

Anybody know how long it's taking to get through security here at the moment?

We will be travelling soon and do not want to spend any longer in the airport than we have to, but obviously we cannot risk missing the flight! If anyone has gone through lately, or knows someone who has, insight would be really appreciated.

[Rasputin]

A Ryanair has  flown from Dublin today. I wonder were there many passengers and how did things go in general.