A NUMBER of airlines have been affected by the Lanzarote floods, which have also seen hotels forced to cancel bookings.
The UK Government cautioned anyone planning to visit the Spanish island after 2.4 inches of rain fell in just two hours over the weekend.
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The “unprecedented” flooding occurred after Storm Olivier on Saturday afternoon.
Some spots in Costa Teguise received more than a year’s worth of rain in two hours, when over 100 litres fell per square metre.
On Sunday, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) shared advice for those in or heading to the areas hit hardest by the flooding, namely Costa Teguise, San Bartolomé, and Arrecife.
“Heavy rainfall and flooding in Lanzarote occurred earlier today (13 April 2025) with Costa Teguise, San Bartolomé and Arrecife particularly affected,” an official warning said.
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“Services across the island are affected. Some hotels are currently without power. Some roads are currently affected by mud.
“If you are in Lanzarote or travelling to Lanzarote, follow the advice of the local authorities and monitor local weather updates.”
With over 100 daily arrivals during peak season, Lanzarote Airport is a busy hub throughout the year.
According to myflyright, while no flights to Lanzarote were cancelled on Monday, 21 flights were delayed by three hours or more.
“As Lanzarote Airport is not affected by the floods and is fully operational there is currently no impact to our flying programme,” said a representative for easyJet told The Sun on Monday.
“We continue to monitor the situation closely.”
Ryanair also confirmed they will continue to “operate as normal” on Monday.
The same day, Jet2 also told The Sun its flight programme is “continuing to operate as normal”.
However, today Jet2holidays confirmed to Travel Gossip that a handful of hotel bookings have been affected.
“Due to the severe weather conditions that have affected parts of Lanzarote, a small number of hotels have contacted us to let us know that they are temporarily unable to accept arrivals due to the impact of the adverse conditions,” a representative said.
“As always, we have been making decisions with the best interests of our customers in mind, and we have contacted affected customers to let them know their options.”
Airlines operating between the UK and Lanzarote
The following airlines operate flights between the UK and Lanzarote on a regular basis:
- easyJet
- TUI
- Jet2
- Ryanair
- British Airways
The travel company added that its flights were still operating as normal.
TUI customers has also experienced disruptions to their holidays, with a “small number” of hotels cancelling reservations due to the floods.
“Due to the lack of alternative accommodation on the island during the busy Easter period we unfortunately had to cancel a small number of holidays to Lanzarote,” a TUI representative confirmed.
“Customers were able to receive a full refund or amend to another TUI holiday with a re-booking incentive.
“As always, the safety of our customers and colleagues is our main priority therefore TUI resort teams are working with the local authorities to find customers currently in impacted hotels alternative accommodation or return flights back to the UK.”
Lanzarote Airport is located just 3.1 miles southwest of the island’s capital Arrecife, which as been hit particularly hard by the storm.
The bad weather intensified between 1pm and 2pm on Saturday leading to 24-hour state of emergency.
Arrecife confirmed on Sunday that it would ask for a state of catastrophe to be declared.
The storm, which also swept mainland Spain and Portugal had caused travel disruptions before the weekend.
Two flights from Manchester, two from Gatwick, two from Bristol and others from Cardiff, Stansted, Birmingham, Bournemouth, and Dublin were diverted to Fuerteventura due to low visibility prior to the weekend, local Canary Islands media reported.
Spain’s meteorological service issued weather warnings for many areas of the country over the weekend.
They predicted storms in the northeast, rain in the Balearic islands, and wind in parts of both the north and south coast.
The Sun has reached out to each of the airlines operating flights between the UK and Lanzarote for comment.
Lanzarote attracted 3.4 million tourists last year, including 1.7 million from the UK.
Emergency response
During the storm, the ground very quickly became waterlogged so the water could not soak away.
Instead, it continued to rise and poured through channels towards the sea.
Unable to deal with the sheer volume of water, many rivers burst their banks including the Lagomar River which flows through Nazaret.
The head of Lanzarote’s emergency services told local media many homes had been submerged, with floodwaters leaving behind a “great quantity of mud”.
“We have been working all night, attending 300 calls overnight, many of them in Arrecife and Teguise,” Enrique Espinosa said on Sunday.
Some residents were greeted by the smell of raw sewage after flooding overwhelmed the drainage system.
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