Radio Sintonia:

The Civil Guard intervenes at Fuerteventura Airport a kilo of hashish and half a kg of marijuana to a traveler from Barcelona.

The Civil Guard of Fuerteventura Airport in coordination with Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency, intervened on March 18, 2023 a 32-year-old person without a criminal record, for carrying a kilogram of hashish and around half a kilo of marijuana in his luggage, hidden in the pocket of a jacket, of a flight from Barcelona.

E gates at most of Europe are not open for UK citizens to use, just EU passport holders.

Spain has opened E-gates to UK passport holders. I know this works on the main land, but the Islands always seem to like to make up their own rules.

I am about to fly next week from Fuerteventura airport & I am a UK passport holder. Has anyone used the airport on a UK passport recently & been able to use the E-gates?

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Fuerteventura airport will have to be reconfigured due to climate change.

The Canary archipelago is one of the areas that can suffer the most in the battle against climate change if measures are not taken urgently, at least that is what emerges from the Plan to Promote the Environment Adapts Coasts, which already warns that the flooding processes derived from the rise in sea level will affect 147 sandy areas, being the eastern and central islands the most affected. The first elim

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AENA decides to raise airport taxes, air ticket prices will rise.

The airport manager Aena will propose to raise airport charges by around 4% from 1 March 2024. This increase will mean an increase in air tickets in the coming months taking into account that airlines, which pay these fees for the services they receive from airports, will then pass this increase on to passengers.



The proposal, which was approved on Tuesday by the board of directors of the public company, mu

Radio Sintonia:

It is forbidden to park on the land next to Fuerteventura Airport from November 1.

Parking on the grounds next to Fuerteventura Airport is a common practice for many citizens of the island of Fuerteventura. This will have to end from next November 1, since the owner of this plot, located in the Llanos de La Mareta has stated the following through a statement:



"Any vehicle that is parked on said land, after November 1, will be under the responsibility of the owner an

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Fuerteventura Airport: Buy a magazine with a knife before boarding!

The security policy at airports following the attacks of 11 September 2001 has left us all with many troubles at airports. A system anchored in security policies of 23 years ago forces us to almost undress before passing through an arch and almost having to empty our suitcases in many cases.



In addition, the stress generated in passengers and security forces by this circumstance means that not all of us h

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Aviapartner Groundforce wins again the handling of El Matorral airport.

No changes in Fuerteventura in relation to those in charge of the management of the handling awarded by AENA


The result of the Aena handling contest has already been announced. The airport manager has announced today the award of licenses for 43 Spanish airports and 2 heliports for the next seven years.



As can be extracted from the data, Iberia has won five licenses in 29 airports, which will be

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Fuerteventura Airport carries out a mock plane crash.

The exercise simulated an emergency landing of a Boeing 737 with 16 passengers and 4 crew on board.



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Fuerteventura Airport has carried out today a general simulation of air accidents, included in its Self-Protection Plan, where the activation and response times of the airport's security services were analyzed, as well as coordination with external aid media.



The objective of the drill

The most recent thread on this subject is from a couple of years ago and Tamara's answer was based on info. from four years previous to that, so just wondering what our best options are for drop off and pick up at the airport?

Will need to drop off our daughter who is staying with us for her return flight and then the following week pick up our son and his partner who are coming out for a week's stay.

I was wondering if we could use the hire car spaces, opposite arrivals / departures, as w

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The days of the inconvenient controls at the Canary Islands' airports are numbered.

On the 24th, Aena will install 3D scanners in Madrid and Barcelona to analyse suitcases without having to remove the contents, then the islands will come


The usual inconveniences suffered by passengers when passing through airport controls with the obligation to take out liquids and place everything they have on them electronics, such as batteries or laptops, in the trays, seem to have their