What does this mean for holidaymakers and residents in the south?
For holidaymakers and European residents in the tourist areas of southern Gran Canaria, nothing changes at present. The flat fare concerns only journeys between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Gran Canaria Airport, which lies in the municipality of Telde.
Anyone travelling from the airport to the south today continues to pay the regulated taximeter tariff. There is no official fixed price for this route, as the airport information from Gran Canaria Airport shows.
A future flat fare could make costs more predictable before the journey begins. However, the amount, scope and possible differences by neighbourhood are still unclear, as Atlántico Hoy reports.
Which tariffs currently apply at the airport?
Until an official change, a regulated taximeter tariff applies at Gran Canaria Airport. In the daytime tariff from 06:00 to 22:00, the base charge is 3.85 euros plus 1.35 euros per kilometre, as Gran Canaria Airport states.
In the night and public holiday tariff, 4.25 euros base charge plus 1.55 euros per kilometre are payable. Waiting time costs 18.50 euros per hour, and the airport supplement is 2.10 euros per journey.
A published guide for Las Palmas gives roughly 25 to 35 euros and a journey time of about 20 to 30 minutes. The actual final amount is determined by the taximeter.
Who is negotiating the flat fare?
The Directorate-General for Transport and Mobility of the Canary Islands government held talks with the Federación Regional del Taxi and the Confederación del Taxi en Canarias at the end of the week before 20 October 2026. The subject was the new taxi regulation draft, as Atlántico Hoy reports.
Manuel de Jesús Melián Campos, president of the Confederación del Taxi en Canarias, brought in the interurban T3 tariff band. It is intended to apply to journeys that leave the municipal or urban area of the taxi licence.
A possible flat fare to Gran Canaria Airport from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was also discussed. Darío Medina, secretary of the Confederación, described an agreement with Telde taxis as still open.
Why is Telde important for the flat fare?
Gran Canaria Airport lies in the municipality of Telde. A flat fare between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the airport therefore has to be coordinated with the taxi representatives from Telde.
“La cuestión que se encuentra más abierta es intentar esa famosa tarifa plana con los taxis de Telde, lograr un consenso que nos beneficie a todos,” Darío Medina said, according to Atlántico Hoy.
On 16 October 2026, the mayor of Telde, Juan Antonio Peña, also asked the Canary Islands government to examine a resolution on urban taxi tariffs. That controversy is separate from the airport flat fare.
What steps follow next?
The objection period for the new regulation draft ran from 20 October 2026 until the end of October 2026. The changes agreed during the negotiation process are to be incorporated into a new version of the draft.
This new version is expected to be published at the beginning of January 2027, as Atlántico Hoy reports. Further negotiations and formal approval would then be required.
What should travellers do now?
Travellers do not need to do anything at present. There is no new entitlement, application deadline, registration requirement or price guarantee, according to the published information.
Residents, foreign residents and visitors remain subject to the same taximeter and airport supplement system. Anyone who wants to know the price before the journey begins should ask the driver for an estimate before getting in.