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| Founded | 1989 | |||
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| Hubs | Tenerife North Airport Gando Airport |
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| Focus cities | Tenerife North Airport La Palma Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Bintermás | |||
| Fleet size | 19 | |||
| Destinations | 10 | |||
| Headquarters | Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain | |||
| Key people | Pedro Agustín del Castillo Machado (President and CEO) | |||
| Website | http://www.bintercanarias.com/ | |||
Binter Canarias S.A. is an airline based in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. It is a regional carrier operating inter-island services within the Canary Islands. Its main bases are Gando Airport, Tenerife North Airport and La Palma Airport[1].
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History
The airline was established on 18 February 1988 and started operations on 26 March 1989. It was formed as a subsidiary of Iberia. In late 1999 SEPI (the Spanish state holding company of Iberia) implemented the privatisation of Binter Canarias, but held on to a "golden share", permitting it to authorise any future shareholding deal of more than 25%. The airline was wholly owned by Hesperia Inversiones Aereas, which bought the airline in July 2002. It is owned by Ilsamar Tenerife (49.81%), Ferma Canarias Electrica (10.44%), Agencia Maritma Afroamericana (10.11%), Flapa (10%) and others (19.6%) and has 406 employees[1].
Some of the owners of Binter Canarias decided to buy Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) and to transfer some planes from Binter to Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) in order to reduce costs and increase benefits. So, today Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) operates four of the former Binter airplanes (still painted with Binter colours) in wet lease.
Destinations
Binter Canarias operates the following services (as of September 2009):
Portugal
Spain
Morocco
- Dakhla (Dakhla Airport) [begins 2 February;seasonal]
- Laayoune (Hassan Airport)
- Marrakech (Marrakech-Menara Airport)
Fleet
The Binter Canarias fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 14 September 2009) [1]:
- 3 ATR 72-202 (which are operated by Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA))
- 16 ATR 72-500 (seven aircraft are operated by Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) and one aircraft is operated by Swiftair)
As of 8 September 2008, the average age of the Binter Canarias fleet is 5.5 years ([2]).
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 86. 2007-03-27.
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