Third-largest Canary Island; home to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The rich are trimming in-flight luxuries and adopting simpler cabins to cut costs and avoid conspicuous consumption. Aviation insiders say owners are streamlining crew and services while private-charter markets push for speed and efficiency. In contrast, critics note enduring excess among some peers.
The Pope has urged leaders to show compassion toward migrants and refugees, stressing that dignity has no passport. He cites the Canary Islands and Arguineguin as symbols of a global conscience, calling for legal routes, cooperation against trafficking, and rescue funding. The remarks come as Europe tightens migration controls amid ongoing deaths at sea.