Binter canarias
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| IATA code : | NT |
| ICAO code : | IBB |
| Call sign : | BINTER |
| Founding: | 1989 |
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Telde , Canary Islands
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| Home airport : | Gran Canaria |
| Company form: | SA |
| Management: | Pedro Agustin del Castillo Machado |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Bintermás |
| Fleet size: | 27 |
| Aims: | regional and international |
| Website: | www.bintercanarias.com |
Binter Canarias is a Spanish regional airline based in Telde on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria . The largest hub is at the associated Gran Canaria airport , the second at Tenerife North Airport .
history
Binter Canarias started operations in 1989 as a subsidiary of Iberia with four Airtech CN-235 aircraft. Initially only Gran Canaria , Tenerife , Fuerteventura and La Palma were served, later Lanzarote and El Hierro were added. La Gomera was added to the flight network in 1999 after the inauguration of the new airport , as did Funchal in Madeira , El Aaiún in the Western Sahara , Lisbon , Milan and Paris . In 2002 Binter was sold by Iberia to a Canarian investor group.
In 1990 Binter carried out a total of 15,553 flights, with which 578,635 passengers were transported. The number of flights increased continuously. In 2003 the number of all flights was 49,217 with 2,267,232 passengers. A peak was reached in 2007 with just over three million passengers, after which the number of passengers fell and has increased again since 2014. In 2017 3.4 million passengers were carried.
The company maintains a number of booking offices and cooperates with the airlines Iberia and Naysa . It has subsidiaries for ground handling , maintenance , air freight and aviation information technology .
The company cooperates with TUIfly , whose passengers are booked on connecting flights of the Binter Canarias in order to reach other islands.
aims
Binter Canarias currently (2020) connects all seven large Canary Islands with their eight airports with each other; In addition, Madeira , Lisbon , the Cape Verde Islands , destinations on the Spanish mainland, Palma de Mallorca and West Africa are served.
fleet
As of May 2020, the Binter Canarias fleet consists of 27 aircraft with an average age of 4.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| ATR 72-500 | 6th | 68 | ||
| ATR 72-600 | 15th | 72 | ||
| Bombardier CRJ1000 | 3 | operated by Medavia | 100 | |
| Embraer E195-E2 | 3 | two options | 132 | |
| total | 27 | - |
See also
Web links
- Binter Canarias website (Spanish, French, Portuguese and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Binter Historia. Retrieved January 8, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Passenger numbers since 2002. Company website. Retrieved May 10, 2020 (Spanish).
- ^ Binter Canarias Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
