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Five car hire Fuerteventura desks can be found at the airport. Car hire is a natural choice when it comes to getting around the island. Remember to book ahead to avail of the best car rental Fuerteventura offers.

Fuerteventura is the second largest of the Canary Islands. It offers sunshine all year round and is also known as the island of eternal spring. Fuerteventura sits beside the sea just a short journey from Caleta de Fuste.

In 2008 almost four and a half million passengers used the airport. Irish and British tourists make up a large amount of the islands visitors while Germans are also very fond of a holiday in Fuerteventura. The airport is known as Flughafen Airport by Germans.

Aer Lingus will begin a Dublin Airport route to the island on Oct 24th 2009.  Ryanair formally offered several flights from locations such as Shannon, Birmingham and Liverpool however they withdrew all their services on the 31st of January 2008. They layed the blame on local authorities who they say failed to keep their side of a financial agreement to promote the island as tourist hotspot. An estimated quarter of a million passengers were lost to Fuerteventura according to Ryanair.

There are a plethora of flights offered from the UK from Thomson Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, BMI and Easyjet. Connecting Spanish flights are offered by Binter Canarias who fly to Las Palmas and Tenerife-North while Spanair fly to Madrid and Barcelona.

Step outside the arrivals lounge and you will find plenty of taxis for hire. There are also buses available that operate services to Puerto del Rosario and Caleta de Fuste. Fares are less than two euro.