Puerto del Rosario, May 5, 2009. The company Air Berlin, which ranks first in the connections between German and Fuerteventura, with 29%, announced today at a press conference held in the Island next summer that will keep them offering 200,000 the previous year during the season, may even increase the total number of places in small percentages, "said today the commercial director of the company in Spain and Portugal, Paul Caspers.
The President of the Cabildo, Mario Cabrera, and the counselor Islands Tourism Agueda Montelongo, were present at this event, which also served to formalize the agreement is signed between the company and the Tourist Board which will promote the site in Fuerteventura Web 'Air Berlin.
Caspers Paul spoke of the strategies set by the company in Fuerteventura, which will be directed to the capture of individual clients as reinforcement to the sale of traditional packages, taking advantage of the diversification of the island into segments such as tourism and golf tourism congresses. " He also insisted on the demands of the company to reduce airport charges in the Spanish State ", steps already taken by other destinations such as Greece or Turkey, allowing a greater competitive edge for 'Air Berlin.
Agueda Montelongo referred to the importance of finding ways like this, "we can counter the low purchasing power that is at present the tourist drive through joint promotional campaigns, and reaching agreements that ensure a flow of visitors moving in a strip similar to that of previous seasons. Germany is our first market, "Air Berlin" a company that is key to Fuerteventura, both by the large number of connections it has with us, up to 14 destinations in three European countries and the number of routes, which were 1134 in 2008, just behind Happag Lloyd, who made 1364 routes.
Mario Cabrera, meanwhile, supported the representative of Air Berlin's call to reduce the cost of fees at airports canaries, "an old claim that was raised along with the representatives of the tourism sector in the Canary Islands, in the framework the resolutions adopted at the beginning of this legislature, known as the Pact of Fuerteventura. Paul Caspers said that a reduction of two euros per ticket to deduct the fees are imposed at airports in Spain would double the profits of the company, which transported 27.9 million passengers in 2007.
"Air Berlin" connect 14 European cities Fuerteventura, 11 German, two Austrian and Switzerland, this summer, reaching a forecast of more than 200,000 airline seats offered. The total number of routes, the company was in 1134 in Fuerteventura last year. Airports will have connection to Fuerteventura this summer will be through Air Berlin Cologne-Bonn, Berlin Tegel, Padeborn, Nuremberg, Dresden, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Leipzig and Zurich Basel.
This is the second airline in Germany, which connects 20 cities in this country with tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, the Canary and Balearic Islands, for a total of 127. It currently has a fleet of 125 aircraft.
The agreement between the Tourist Board of Fuerteventura and Air Berlin will be oriented on the line to create a micro-site on the web page that allows the company to promote and encourage the sale flights to the island
Ministry of Tourism
Cabildo de Fuerteventura
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