Fuerteventura Airport
| Fuerteventura Airport Aeropuerto de Fuerteventura |
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IATA: FUE – ICAO: GCFV
 FUE
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea | ||
| Serves | Fuerteventura | ||
| Location | Puerto del Rosario | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 m / 86 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 28°27′10″N 013°51′50″W / 28.45278°N 13.86389°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 01/19 | 2,400 | 7,874 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2011 - provisional) | |||
| Passengers | 4,948,018 | ||
| Passenger change 10-11 |  18.6% |
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| Aircraft Movements | 44,551 | ||
| Movements change 10-11 | 12.97% |
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| Sources: Passenger Traffic, AENA[1] Spanish AIP, AENA[2] |
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Fuerteventura Airport (IATA: FUE, ICAO: GCFV) also known as El Matorral Airport serves the Spanish island of Fuerteventura and is situated in El Matorral site, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest[2] of the capital city Puerto del Rosario. It was built in the mid-1960s with the arrival of tourism.
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[edit] Ryanair pullout
On 10 December 2008, Ryanair announced that it would close all of its routes to Fuerteventura on 31 January 2009. Ryanair formerly operated services to/from Birmingham (3 per week), Bremen (2pw), Dublin (2pw), Weeze (4pw), East Midlands (3pw), Frankfurt (2pw), Liverpool (3pw), London-Stansted (3pw) and Shannon (1pw). The airline stated that the reason for the closure was due to a row with a local tourism consortium AIE whom they claim did not honour a financial contribution agreement with the airline. Ryanair claims that they do not properly promote the island as a tourist destination. Ryanair's Michael Cawley confirmed the pull-out and said the loss of 250,000 passengers annually was a 'black day' for Fuerteventura[3] Ryanair keeps its costs low by requiring small airports, usually publicly owned, to agree to spend millions of pounds advertising its routes in return for commitments by the airline to deliver a certain volume of passengers. These agreements have prompted several complaints to the European Commission from airlines that have argued they were not offered the same terms.[4]
Following this disagreement, Ryanair have since agreed new terms with the Canary Islands government on a scheme to serve the islands until at least 2012, therefore adding Fuerteventura back onto the Ryanair network. All of the Ryanair routes that were lost due to the closure have now been re-introduced. When Ryanair re-commenced Fuerteventura flights, the majority of routes that were re-introduced now fly less frequently however there were only 9 routes served from Fuerteventura before the closue, now there's 16 meaning Ryanair operates more flights from the Fuerteventura than ever before. Despite this, Fuerteventura is flown to significantly less than Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife-South by Ryanair.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aer Lingus | Dublin |
| Air Berlin | Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 3 June 2012], Berlin-Tegel [ends 2 June 2012], Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Zürich Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Dortmund, Hanover, Stuttgart |
| Air Europa | Asturias, Bilbao, Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela |
| Air Italy | Milan-Malpensa |
| Air VIA | Seasonal: Zweibrücken |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Lauda Air | Vienna |
| Binter Canarias & Naysa | Gran Canaria, Tenerife-North |
| BMI | Belfast-International, East Midlands, Manchester |
| Top Fly | Goulmime |
| Condor | Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Stuttgart |
| EasyJet | Bristol, Liverpool, London-Gatwick [begins 28 March 2012], London-Stansted [ends 24 March 2012] |
| EasyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse |
| Europe Airpost | Nantes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Germania | Bremen, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden |
| Iberia | Madrid |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Salamanca, Sevilla |
| Islas Airways | Gran Canaria, Tenerife-North |
| Jetairfly | Brussels, Tenerife-South |
| Luxair | Luxembourg |
| Meridiana Fly | Bergamo, Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino, Tenerife-South, Verona |
| Monarch | Scheduled: Birmingham, Manchester |
| Neos | Bologna, Catania, Milan-Malpensa, Pisa, Turin, Verona |
| Niki | Salzburg, Vienna Seasonal: Linz |
| Novair | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Karlstad, Malmö, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Växjö |
| Orbest Orizonia Airlines | Seasonal: Zaragoza |
| Ryanair | Barcelona, Bergamo, Birmingham, Bremen, Brussels South-Charleroi, Cork, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-Prestwick, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Pisa, Valencia Seasonal: Bournemouth |
| Thomas Cook Airlines | Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal:Aberdeen, Belfast-International, London-Stansted, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Thomson Airways | Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester Seasonal: London-Luton, London-Stansted |
| Transavia | Amsterdam, Paris-Orly |
| TUIfly | Basel/Mulhouse, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Zweibrücken Seasonal: Berlin-Tegel |
[edit] Statistics
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| Updated: 28 January 2012.[1] 2011 data provisional. |
| Passengers | Aircraft movements | Cargo (tonnes) | |
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| 2000 | 3,467,614 | 31,663 | 4,487 |
| 2001 | 3,577,638 | 30,471 | 3,837 |
| 2002 | 3,620,576 | 32,520 | 3,712 |
| 2003 | 3,919,224 | 39,695 | 3,694 |
| 2004 | 3,917,109 | 39,865 | 3,639 |
| 2005 | 4,071,875 | 40,415 | 3,178 |
| 2006 | 4,458,711 | 44,044 | 3,196 |
| 2007 | 4,629,877 | 44,870 | 3,127 |
| 2008 | 4,492,003 | 44,552 | 2,722 |
| 2009 | 3,738,492 | 36,429 | 1,913 |
| 2010 | 4,173,686 | 39,437 | 1,710 |
| 2011 (provisional) | 4,948,018 | 44,551 | 1,557 |
| Source: Aena Statistics[1] | |||
