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Binter Canarias

Binter Canarias E195-E2 in standard livery
Founded	18 February 1988; 37 years ago (1988-02-18)
Commenced operations	26 March 1989; 36 years ago (1989-03-26)
Hubs	Gran Canaria Tenerife–North
Frequent-flyer program	Bintermás
Subsidiaries	Canarias Airlines Naysa Servicios Aéreos
Fleet size	42
Destinations	38
Headquarters	Telde and San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Key people	Pedro Agustín del Castillo Machado (CEO)
Website	bintercanarias.com

Binter Canarias S.A. is an airline based in the Canary Islands, Spain. It is like the main airline for these islands. Binter Canarias has its main offices near Gran Canaria Airport in Telde and Tenerife North Airport in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

This airline mostly flies between the different islands of the Canary Islands. It also has flights to other islands in the Atlantic Ocean. You can also fly with Binter to mainland Spain, Portugal, and some places in Africa. Other airlines sometimes fly for Binter to places like Morocco, Spain, and Portugal.

History of Binter Canarias

A Binter Canarias Douglas DC-9 airplane in 1997

A Binter Canarias Boeing 737-400 airplane in 2008

A Binter Canarias Beechcraft 1900 airplane in 2012

How Binter Canarias Started

Binter Canarias was created on February 18, 1988. Flights began on March 26, 1989. It started as a smaller airline that belonged to a bigger Spanish airline called Iberia.

Binter Canarias is special because it is the only airline that flies to all eight airports in the Canary Islands. It also flies to cities like Marrakech, Dakar, and Laayoune in Africa. You can also fly to Madeira and Lisbon in Portugal, and Sal in Cape Verde. In Spain, Binter flies to Vigo and Mallorca.

In late 1999, the Spanish government decided to sell Binter Canarias. A company called Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas bought the airline in 2002. Later, in 2003, Binter Canarias became part of Hesperia Inversiones Aéreas. This company then changed its name to Binter Canarias, SA.

New Developments Since 2010

Around 2010, some of the owners of Binter Canarias decided to buy another airline called Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA). They moved some planes from Binter to NAYSA to help save money and earn more. In 2011, Binter also started a new airline called Canarias Airlines (also known as Canair) which offered lower fares.

In 2016, Binter agreed to buy six more ATR 72-600 airplanes. This brought their total order for this type of plane to 18. These new planes replaced older ATR 72-500 aircraft. In 2018, Binter decided to bring NAYSA's flights back into its own operations. This meant NAYSA stopped being a separate airline.

From late 2017, Binter Cabo Verde started flying between islands in Cape Verde. This happened after another airline, TACV, stopped its flights there. Binter Cabo Verde worked with TACV to help people connect to international flights. In 2019, Binter Cabo Verde changed its name to Transportes Interilhas de Cabo Verde (TICV). In 2021, Binter sold its part of this airline.

In June 2018, Binter also started flying between Madeira and Porto Santo Islands in Portugal.

The airline received its first Embraer E195-E2 airplane in December 2019. Binter was the first airline in Europe to use this type of plane.

In June 2023, Binter started another new airline called Naysa Servicios Aéreos. This airline uses the name of the older NAYSA carrier.

Binter's main airline, which has been called Binter Airlines since 2015, now only flies the E195-E2 jet planes. It sold its last ATR 72-500 in September 2024. Its newer ATR 72-600 planes were moved to Naysa. All these airlines, including Canair and Naysa, operate under the main Binter Canarias brand.

Where Binter Canarias Flies

As of August 2024, Binter Canarias flies to many places. Here are some of them:

Codeshare and Interline Agreements

Binter Canarias works with other airlines to offer more flight options.

• Azores Airlines
• Iberia

They also have agreements with:

• APG Airlines
• Hahn Air

Binter Canarias Airplanes

Current Airplanes

A Binter Canarias ATR 72-600 airplane

A Binter Canarias Embraer E195-E2 airplane

As of May 2025, Binter Canarias uses these airplanes:

Past Airplanes

Binter Canarias has used these airplanes in the past:

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

See also

In Spanish: Binter Canarias para niños

• Binter Mediterraneo, an airline that used to be connected to Binter Canarias.
• Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios, an airline that used to be part of Binter Canarias.