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 Binter CanariasE195-E2 in standard livery | |||||||
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| Founded | 18 February 1988; 37 years ago (1988-02-18) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 26 March 1989; 36 years ago (1989-03-26) | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Bintermás | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 42 | ||||||
| Destinations | 38[1] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Telde andSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain | ||||||
| Key people | Pedro Agustín del Castillo Machado (CEO)[2] | ||||||
| Website | bintercanarias.com | ||||||
Binter Canarias S.A. is theflag carrier of theSpanishautonomous community of theCanary Islands, based on the grounds ofGran Canaria Airport inTelde,Gran Canaria andTenerife North Airport,San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.[3] It is aregional air carrier operating inter-island services within theCanary Islands, and other Atlantic islands, it also operates to the Spanish Mainland, Portugal and some African destinations. Affiliated airlines operate on behalf of Binter in services toMorocco, mainlandSpain andPortugal.
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The airline was established on 18 February 1988 and started operations on 26 March 1989. It was formed as a subsidiary ofIberia. Binter Canarias began operations as aregional airline and is currently the only one to operate in the eight airports of the Canaries. Binter also operates connections withMarrakech,Dakar,Aaiun inAfrica;Madeira, andLisbon inPortugal;Sal inCape Verde; andVigo andMallorca inSpain.[2] The airline also flies to the island of Madeira, serving the capital Funchal. Regular flights to the cities of Bergamo and Paris were trialled but later cancelled as unsuccessful projects. Nowadays has regular flights to Lisbon and Cape Verde for renting technical crew and aircraft (CRJ) to Air Nostrum. The airline also serves Africa: it operates scheduled flights to Marrakech, Casablanca and Laayoune in Morocco, alongside charter flights to Nouadibou and Nouakchott in Mauritania.[citation needed]
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%. However, the airline was wholly owned by Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas, which bought the airline in July 2002. In 2003, Binter Canarias, SAU was absorbed by Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas, SA, which took the name of Binter Canarias, SA. It is now owned by Ilsamar Tenerife (49.81%), Ferma Canarias Electrica (10.44%), Agencia Maritima Afroamericana (10.11%), Flapa (10%) and others (19.6%) and has 406 employees. Binter has sales offices, Binter Vende, at the airports, and since 2005, the ground support service has been provided by Atlántica Handling. Since January 2008, the technical service for Binter aircraft has been provided by BinterTechnic.[2]
Some of the owners of Binter Canarias decided to buyNavegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) and to transfer some planes from Binter toNAYSA in order to reduce costs and increase benefits. The airline also establishedCanarias Airlines (trading as Canair) as a low-fare subsidiary in 2011.
In 2016, the airline agreed a deal for a further sixATR 72-600 aircraft, bringing total commitments to the type to 18. They will replaceATR 72-500 aircraft.[4] In spring 2018, Binter decided to mergeNavegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) into its own operations and therefore handed back NAYSA'sair operator certificate. Since then, all former NAYSA operations are part of Binter's.[5][6]
Since late 2017, Binter Cabo Verde took over inter-island flights inCape Verde after the discontinuation of flights byTACV on 1 August 2017, as TACV was restructuring and privatising. Binter CV established a partnership covering TACV's international services, allowing TACV to offer connections to domestic destinations and seeking to strengthen inter-island connections. In 2019, Binter Cabo Verde was renamed as Transportes Interilhas de Cabo Verde (TICV), and in 2021, the Canarian company sold its 70% stake in the airline to BestFly Worldwide, thus completing its divestment.[7]
In June 2018, it began domestic operations between Madeira andPorto Santo Islands in the northern neighboring Madeiran archipelago.[citation needed]
The airline's first of tenEmbraer E195-E2 aircraft started passenger revenue service in December 2019 as the European launch customer.[8]
In June 2023, Binter launched an additional subsidiary alongsideCanarias Airlines. This subsidiary,Naysa Servicios Aéreos, uses the name of the former carrier which had been merged into Binter and Canarias Airlines in 2018.[9]
Binter's original AOC - named Binter Airlines since 2015 - now exclusively operates the E195-E2 jet fleet, having disposed of its last ATR 72-500 in September 2024 after transferring its newer ATR 72-600 aircraft toNaysa. Alongside Canair and Naysa, this AOC operates under the Binter Canarias parent brand.
As of August 2024, Binter Canarias serves the following destinations:[10]
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As of August 2025[update], Binter Canarias operates the following aircraft:[15]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| ATR 72-600 | 26 | — | 72 | 14 operated byCanarias Airlines. 12 operated byNaysa Servicios Aéreos. |
| Embraer E195-E2 | 16[16] | — | 132 | |
| Total | 42 | — |
The Binter Canarias fleet has previously included the following aircraft:[citation needed]
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