Binter Canarias

 ( Airlines Established In 1989 ) 

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.

In 2016, the airline agreed a deal for a further six ATR 72-600 aircraft, bringing total commitments to the type to 18. They will replace ATR 72-500 aircraft. In spring 2018, Binter decided to merge Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) into its own operations and therefore handed back NAYSA's air operator certificate. Since then, all former NAYSA operations are part of Binter's. ch-aviation.com – Spain's Binter Canarias shutters Naysa Aerotaxis unit 2 March 2018 ch-aviation.com Naysa Aerotaxis retrieved 12 May 2018

Since late 2017, Binter Cabo Verde took over inter-island flights in Cape Verde after the discontinuation of flights by TACV 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.

In June 2018, it began domestic operations between Madeira and Porto Santo Islands in the northern neighboring Madeiran archipelago.

The airline's first of ten Embraer E195-E2 aircraft started passenger revenue service in December 2019 as the European launch customer.

In June 2023, Binter launched an additional subsidiary alongside Canarias Airlines. This subsidiary, Naysa Servicios Aéreos, uses the name of the former carrier which had been merged into Binter and Canarias Airlines in 2018.

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 to Naysa. Alongside Canair and Naysa, this AOC operates under the Binter Canarias parent brand.

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• 31 ATR 72-202
• 1 Boeing 737-400 (leased from Futura International Airways)
• 8 Bombardier CRJ200 (leased from Air Nostrum)
• 3 Bombardier CRJ900 (leased from Air Nostrum)
• 3 Bombardier CRJ1000 (leased from Air Nostrum)
• 4 Douglas DC-9-30

• On 18 October 2016, an ATR 72-600 operated by NAYSA diverted to Gran Canaria Airport, Canary Islands, Spain, due to problems with the left hand main landing gear. The aircraft operated on a training flight, RSC001K, out of Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport. Upon returning to Tenerife, it was detected that one or both tires of the left hand main gear had burst or deflated. It was decided to divert to Las Palmas where the aircraft flew two low passes over runway 03L. A safe landing was then carried out at 12:22 UTC.

• Binter Mediterraneo, a former sister airline of Binter Canarias.
• Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios, a former subsidiary of Binter Canarias.

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