Binter Canarias
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| Binter Canarias Airlines | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA NT |
ICAO IBB |
Callsign BINTER |
| Founded | 1989 | |
| Hubs | Gran Canaria International Airport | |
| Focus cities | Tenerife North Airport La Palma Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Bintermás | |
| Fleet size | 16 | |
| Destinations | 13 | |
| Headquarters |  Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain |
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| Key people | Pedro Agustín del Castillo Machado (President and CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.binternet.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 Gran Canaria International Airport, La Palma Airport and Los Rodeos Airport[1].
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[edit] 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 NAYSA and to transfer some planes from Binter to Naysa in order to reduce costs and increase benefits. So, today Naysa operates 4 of the former Binter airplanes (still painted with Binter colours) in wet lease.
[edit] Destinations
Binter Canarias operates the following services (at May 2007):[citation needed]
[edit] Portugal
[edit] Spain
[edit] Mauritania
[edit] Morocco
[edit] Fleet
The Binter Canarias fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2008):
- 3 ATR 72-200 (one aircraft is operated by Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA))
- 12 ATR 72-500 (two aircraft are operated by Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) and one aircraft is operated by Swiftair)
- 1 Boeing 737-400 (which is operated by Futura International Airways)
As of March 2008, the average age of the Binter Canarias fleet is 7.1 years ([1]).
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 86.
