My first day in Tenerife
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
January 10, 2017 10:32am CST
The flight to Tenerife was quite a surprise because I am accustomed to aircraft being full. You do occasionally see a couple of empty seats on the plane, but certainly nothing of this calibre. In fact, there were only about 25 passengers on the whole flight.
It cannot be viable for an aircraft to be so sparsely occupied, especially for a 4.5 hour flight on a budget airline. The return flight only cost me about £70 and the fuel consumption alone must have been horrendous.
Took a quick explore around the area today, which seems quite a pleasant place. With the temperature about 21C it definitely makes a pleasant change from Manchester in January.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
11 Jan 17
I do not have to go to Tenerife to enjoy that kind of climate. I am getting it right where I am posting this to you
But there could be something else there that I will not get here. What's that?
But there could be something else there that I will not get here. What's that?3 people like this
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Jan 17
@allknowing That I would like to see, camels bathing and making sand castles.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
11 Jan 17
@Asylum We do get camels here on sea shores
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
11 Jan 17
Any idea why there were not many people on the plane? The time of year with children back at school maybe?
Are there many people there where you are now or is it quiet too?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Jan 17
@mysdianait I chose the North purely because I had not been before.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
11 Jan 17
@Asylum You went there for that reason or because you had not yet visited that place?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
11 Jan 17
Have a great time there its a lovely place to be in. Maybe they cannot afford to go on Holidays seeing as its January and they may have spent their money on Christmas things and all that. You never know.
I imagine it will pick up as the days go by.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
11 Jan 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 Of course many people will find the cost a serious obstacle, but the airlines operate less flights to resorts in January so they still usually become full.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
11 Jan 17
@Asylum
Apart from the usual things that happen in Spanish Airports I can´t think of why they are not flying other than they need the money for something else.
Example I cannot afford to fly at all. Its a tough job to keep the house too. There must be a lot like that that are in a bad money month.
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It's been scorching down here and tomorrow is supposed to peak to nearly 40C... 
@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Jan 17
Good week to be away, snow in parts of the country and rain here in Plymouth which is nothing new lol.
Enjoy your time there.
When to Malta once we had a plane like that half empty and again coming back from the USA, only 190 something passages out of 375 I think the flight could carry.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
12 Jan 17
@kevin1877uk This is true, especially mainland Spain.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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12 Jan 17
@Asylum I've known flight not to be full many times, maybe the Spanish islands, maybe different seeing that 95% of the UK seems to go there
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
10 Jan 17
21°C, wow. 
About the airline, I don't know. I've never travelled by plane.
About the airline, I don't know. I've never travelled by plane. 1 person likes this
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Jan 17
@sabtraversa When I was 21 I had not been abroad, but foreign travel is more commonplace now.
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@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
10 Jan 17
@Asylum I'm 21 and never been abroad, hopefully I'm going to experience that soon. 
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Jan 17
Sometimes airlines can afford to fly half-empty planes because the airports or destinations they fly to often will pay them incentives to use their airports. Maybe the Canary Islands government or tourist development board contributes fees to the airline to ensure that it has regular flights to and from the islands, even if they are not full flights.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
14 Jan 17
@moffittjc It is virtually unknown on routes such as England no the Canary Islands.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jan 17
@Asylum I guess you got lucky on this most recent flight! I once flew to New York City on a Boeing 757 that could hold 200 passengers, and there were less than a dozen of us on the flight.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
10 Jan 17
Its a rare finding..did you enjoy your flight?
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
10 Jan 17
@Asylum Hahaha. That is cool..
Did nt you sleep?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Jan 17
@amitkokiladitya No, I never sleep on a flight. Somehow the flight seemed shorter, although I cannot figure out why.
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@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
11 Jan 17
The flight seems safe and affordable. I like travelling too. The temperature is just right not too hot and not too cold
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
10 Jan 17
sounds like the kind of flight I would enoy - hope your break goes well
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
11 Jan 17
So, you are off gallivanting again !!! Enjoy your trip and the warmer weather.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
11 Jan 17
That was a bit of luck I hope you managed to get a row to yourself? I imagine it will be a slightly fuller flight coming back as most people will be returning to the cold of the UK after their winter break. Have a great time. I like Tenerife! I will be heading there myself in November!
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