Tiadhe bus fleet

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Radio Sintonia:

Fuerteventura reinforces its intercity transport service.

The interurban transport service of Fuerteventura continues to be reinforced with new buses, thanks, they point out from Coalición Canaria in a statement, to the work managed by the counselor of Coalición Canaria in the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Carmen Alonso. In November, two new vehicles were incorporated and the agreement has been signed to bring another four buses in the coming weeks, in order to respond to the saturation of certain frequencies of some of the lines that have the greatest influx of passengers. In addition, the fleet will continue to increase with the incorporation of around fifteen other buses, scheduled for the first months of 2023.



One of the main problems of the island

According to the nationalist spokesperson in the Cabildo, Lola García, "the transport of passengers by bus in Fuerteventura has been dragging a serious situation for a long time. Therefore, it is important all the work that has been done from the Ministry of Transport to incorporate new vehicles, which will add new services and modify existing ones. "

The objective is to respond to the different needs demanded by citizens, reinforcing the lines with the highest number of passengers, services at the airport, as well as those most demanded by neighborhood groups and workers.

The island councilor, Carmen Alonso, explains that "the economic crisis derived from the increase in fuel and energy costs has caused, as is logical, a greater influx of travelers using public transport. For all this situation, alternatives have been sought with the incorporation of the new buses. "

The incorporation of the new buses will also allow to respond to the increase in users of interurban transport that will mean free of charge from January 1.

Advantages for Canarian residents

In reference to this last aspect, Carmen Alonso recalls that Canarian residents will be able to use the buses for free in Fuerteventura, thanks to the work of the two CC deputies in Congress and who managed to include it in the budget law. It also becomes a reality thanks to the work that has been managed on the island from the Ministry of Transport with meetings held by Alonso.

From January 1, 2023, these people will be able to benefit from the discount of 100% of the ticket price. A measure that "contributes to promoting the use of a more economical and sustainable means of transport, especially in a situation such as the current one in which we live an increase in fuel costs. Costs that end up being unaffordable by citizens".

Carmen Alonso, adds that "for its application, a long work of coordination has been carried out with the rest of the island councils and the competent heads of the Government of the Canary Islands. This work has allowed us to optimally implement the free policy so necessary to promote mobility in public transport".

The 100% discount will be applied to those users who prove to make more than 15 trips per month. In addition, people who were already receiving a 50% bonus for being users of the retiree, student bonus, the bonus aimed at people with disabilities and their companions, have a period of two months (From January 1 to February 28) in which they will receive the 100% discount to be able to switch to the Canarian resident bonus that receives greater benefits and will continue to be free from March 1.
"It should be noted that the users of the student voucher have already been able to benefit this year from its gratuity, financed 100% with the Cabildo's own funds," adds Alonso.

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Radio Sintonia:

Thiade workers threaten to paralyse Fuerteventura's interurban transport.

The workers of the transport company Thiade, concessionaire of the intercity service on the island of Fuerteventura, have expressed their intention to call a strike in the event that the company does not agree to meet their demands, which include improving working conditions and renewing a fleet that has become practically unusable over the years.



This has been expressed in two assemblies held over the last two days, in which the workers have been able to analyse the proposal presented by the company for the renewal of the collective agreement.

After more than a year of negotiations, Thiade, which has recently been acquired by the Alsa group, agrees to review the salary tables, but, in no case, does it want to negotiate on the improvement of working conditions, refusing to eliminate excessive overtime, in many cases unpaid, and agree on temporary disability.

Likewise, the workers reject blaming the staff and absenteeism for low productivity, when any citizen of Fuerteventura is fully aware that the inability to improve the ratios comes from the saturation of the service due to the reduced workforce and the poor condition of the vehicles.

In the two assemblies, the workers, overwhelmingly by a majority, rejected the company's offer and urged the negotiating committee to demand that the company better organize services and work on the deplorable state of the fleet. They also urge the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, holder of the concession of the service, to take an interest in the situation.

In the event that the company does not agree to meet the demands of the workers, the assemblies have been in favour of calling a strike, which will affect the entire inter-island passenger transport service on the island.

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Noticias:

The National Commission of Markets and Competition authorizes the purchase of Tiadhe by Alsa.

The transport giant of Asturian origin takes control of the 1844 Group throughout the Canary Islands


The National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has agreed to authorise in the first phase the purchase by Alsa of the Canary Islands transport conglomerate Grupo 1844 for an amount close to 80 million euros, according to a resolution of the CNMC Council.



With this operation, which was pending approval by the CNMC, Alsa will be able to expand in the Canary Islands, where in 2019 it acquired Guaguas Gumidafe.



Now, the giant of Asturian origin has acquired a group that is present on all the islands, broken down into 15 companies (Betancuria, Buick 32, Bus Legal, Canary Logistic Solutions, Canary Tourist Shuttle, Comercial Insular de Repuestos para Vehículos Industriales, Hermanos Díaz Melián, Innobus Canarias, Kintasur Bus, León Tenerife Tours, Microbuses Cándido, Segurbus, Taller Los Ríos, Transportes Antonio Díaz Hernández and Transportes Turísticos Islas Canarias).



This purchase in the archipelago is in addition to other similar ones made last year by the largest Spanish coach and bus company, integrating businesses from Castilla y León, Andalusia and Extremadura, according to Servimedia.