Reina Sofia Airport Mini Guide
Reina Sofia Airport, otherwise known as Tenerife Airport South, is one of the two major airports located on the Canary Island of Tenerife. Situated off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, Tenerife has a wonderful climate which draws tourists back there year after year. It is also the largest of the Canary Islands.
Reina Sofia Airport is named after the Spanish Queen, Queen Sofia, and she inaugurated Reina Sofia Airport when it opened in 1978. With about double the capacity of the other airport on the island, Tenerife Airport South handles around 8 million passengers every year. These passengers fly on about 60,000 flights from Reina Sofia Airport annually.
There are a number of budget flights which go from Reina Sofia Airport with operators such as Easyjet, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson airlines.Some of the other airline companies which fly from Reina Sofia Airport are Aer Lingus, Air Berlin, Finnair, BMI, Iberia, Jetair and Norwegian Air Shuttle to name but a few.
It is possible to hire a wide range of cars at Reina Sofia Airport to drive to different destinations on the island of Tenerife. It is also a 70 kilometer drive northwards to the island’s other airport.
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