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13.7% more international visitors have arrived in the Canary Islands from Jan to Aug v same period in 2022. Gran Canaria +15.6%. Tenerife +14.5%. Lanzarote +13.9%. Fuerteventura +8.2%.

3:13 p.m today will mark 2 years since the La Palma volcano eruption.

In August, Spanish airports received 10.1 million international arrivals, +12.3% more than in the same month of 2022. Low-cost airlines have transported 59.5% of international passengers to Spain, an increase of +12.5%.

The price of hotel rooms in Spain for the months of September and October will be 13% higher than in the same period of the previous year, according to data provided by eBooking ,com

Home purchases and sale in July in the Canary Islands fell by 18.2% v the same month in 2022. The average decline in Spain was 10.5%.

The European Parliament Petitions Committee has unanimously approved a resolution by which it will ask the European Commission for a regulation on the right of air passengers to carry their hand luggage in the cabin, free of charge.

Hotel nights in Spain reached 46.7 million in August, 1.2% more than in 2022. The average price paid per night was 136.5 euros. That is 6.7% more than Aug 2022.

The Canarian airline Binter has reached a financing agreement with Spanish banks. The airline will invest more than 467 million dollars in purchasing six E195-E2 aircraft, which will be received in 2024 and 2025 and with which the airline will reach 16 jets of this model.

Stable weather will continue to end September 2023 in the Canary Islands.

Spanish airports managed the largest number of flights in the history of Spanish aviation, a total between July and August of 443,942 operations, with an average of almost 7,200 daily operations

Top 4 cruise liner visits ports in Spain from Jan to Aug 2023. Barcelona 499. Balearic Islands 482. Las Palmas 376. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 306.

The average Spanish shopping basket increased by 12% in Aug v Aug 2022. Olive oil increased by 62%.

Spanish headline inflation rose for the third consecutive month. Annual inflation was 3.5% in September up from 2.6% in August. Higher energy prices were the main factor for the increase.

Calima (dust from the Sahara) is expected this weekend in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. Temperatures in the mid-30s are expected.

The temperature hit 39.2c at Tenerife South Airport today. The 2nd highest in Spain.

The European Parliament approved this Wednesday a resolution calling for uniform and coherent airline rules on carry-on luggage. They want a coherent policy on rules on size and price.

Non-university school classes have been suspended in the Canaries for the rest of the week due to the continuing heatwave.

The Spanish airline Air Europa suffered a cyber attack in which its customers' banking details have been stolen. They are advising customers that have made bookings with bank cards to cancel them.

Inflation in the Canaries in September was 4.3%. The Spanish national average was 3.6%.