Adverse weather conditions from Storm Charles have caused the cancellation of 28 flights and the diversion of another 16 across the Canary Islands, according to Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA).
La Palma has been the worst affected, with 14 flights to Tenerife North cancelled, six to Gran Canaria, one to Tenerife South, and another to Frankfurt. A flight from Madrid was also cancelled, while a flight from Munich was redirected to Gran Canaria. Additionally, flights from Zurich and Berlin were diverted to Tenerife South, and a flight from Hamburg was sent to Fuerteventura.
Three flights from Gran Canaria to Tenerife North had to return to their departure airport due to bad weather. Two flights from Madrid were diverted to either Tenerife South or Gran Canaria, and another from Seville was also redirected to Tenerife South. AENA also reported the cancellation of two flights scheduled to depart from Tenerife North to Gran Canaria.
Conditions caused by the storm led to the cancellation of a flight between La Gomera and Tenerife North, while two flights from El Hierro to Tenerife were also cancelled, and one flight from Tenerife to El Hierro had to return.
In Lanzarote, flights from Bristol, Dublin, and Düsseldorf were diverted to Fuerteventura, while a flight that had left Gran Canaria had to return to the same airport.
