Huge airport queues have caused chaos at a top Spanish holiday destination as tourists have reportedly been left waiting for as long as three hours. The long lines have been occurring in the Canary Islands at Tenerife South Airport. One photo shared online shows a large line of people at night waiting for a cab.
Only one vehicle seems to be parked next to a shelter as groups and individuals with luggage wait their turn. Holidaymakers are said to be sometimes waiting for two hours to get through passport control, before then being faced with another hour wait at the taxi rank, Canary Weekly reports. The situation has led to the president of the hotel association Ashotel , Jorge Marichal, expressing his anger over the ‘unsustainable image’ the situation has created.
✈️??????️Jorge Marichal: “Es lamentable la imagen insostenible que damos a residentes y turistas con las colas en Tenerife Sur” ▶️La patronal exige al @CabildoTenerife que haga efectiva la zona sensible del aeropuerto para q el servicio sea eficiente https://t.co/sypp0lVGHq pic.twitter.
com/4tYv4lQFib He said in a post on X: “The unsustainable image that we give to residents and tourists with the queues in Tenerife South is regrettable.” Ashotel added: “The employers' association demands that @CabildoTenerife [..
.] makes the sensitive area of the airport effective so that the service is efficient.” Jet2 says it is aware of ‘congestion’ at the airport, and is ‘working with the air.
