After a summer of flight delays and cancellations, Spanish airports authority AENA came under pressure to equip the Canary Islands with a comprehensive air navigation system.

Canarian Government President Adán Martín demanded that the state agency provide the technical infrastructure to go operational within 2 years. And he urged that work should be speeded up so the controversial radar station planned for Cruz de Taborno in Tenerife’s Anaga rural park would be ready before next summer.
Martín spelled out the Canaries’ navigational needs in talks with AENA Director-General Manuel Azuaga Moreno who said both parties would work together to pinpoint places where radar could be located so tourism would not continue to suffer the same hold-ups.
After meeting Manuel Azuaga, Tenerife Cabildo President Ricardo Melchior said he had learned that the delayed work on a new terminal for Reina Sofía Airport