The Latest Breaking News from Tenerife

Tenerife: Workers at Spanish airport popular with UK holidaymakers arrested over £1.7m luggage thefts

The thefts are thought to have happened after tourists' baggage was placed in the hold of planes

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2023

Britons warned of ‘chaotic’ queues at Tenerife passport control after Brexit

Tourism leaders denounced the situation as an embarrassment

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2023

The sun-soaked innocence and debauchery of How to Have Sex brings back my first parent-free holiday abroad

Molly Manning Walker’s debut film got a standing ovation at Cannes. Jessie Thompson marvels at how the details chime with her teenage memories of flying to Tenerife with her friends

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Spanish police reopen investigation into death of British mother in Tenerife

Michelle Exton died four days after she and her mother were hit by a van while on holiday.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Uninsured driver fled scene of horror crash – before returning to grab suitcase and fly off on holiday

Taylor Moss fled the scene, where three people suffered life-changing injuries, but he returned to collect his luggage for his Tenerife trip

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023

EasyJet to send ‘rescue flights’ for passengers stranded by air traffic control chaos

EasyJet will put on repartriation flights from Palma, Faro, Tenerife, Enfidha and Rhodes in the coming days

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

How to get help or your money back after travel disruptions – experts explain

The summer of 2023 started well for airlines, after a tumultuous few years following COVID lockdowns in most countries. Passenger numbers were up 30% in the northern hemisphere in June 2023, versus the previous year. But air travel in July and August has been disrupted once again, not only by…

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2023

European firefighters and planes join battle against wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece

Water-dropping planes from several European countries have joined hundreds of firefighters battling wildfires raging for days across Greece that have left 20 people dead, while major blazes are also burning in Spain’s Tenerife and in northwestern Turkey near the Greek border

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

Tenerife fire that has raged for six days was started deliberately

The devastating blaze has forced the evacuation of over 12,000 people since it began six days ago

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023

Major wildfires burn in Greece, Spain's Canary Island of Tenerife

Major wildfires are burning in Greece and on Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife off the northwest coast of Africa

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023