Binter Canarias

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Binter Canarias Airlines

IATA NT	ICAO IBB	Callsign Binter
Founded		1989
Hubs		Gran Canaria International Airport
Focus cities		Los Rodeos Airport La Palma Airport
Frequent flyer program		Bintermás
Fleet size		13
Destinations		13
Parent company		Binter Canarias
Headquarters		Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Key people		Pedro Agustín del Castillo Machado (President and CEO)
Website: http://www.binternet.com

Binter Canarias 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 (SPC) and Tenerife Norte Airport^[1].

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[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].

[edit] Services

Binter Canarias operates the following services (at August 2006)^{[citation needed]}:

Domestic scheduled services: Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Tenerife and El Hierro.

International scheduled destinations: Funchal, El Aaiún, Marrakech, Milan (Orio al Serio Airport), Nouakchott (Nouakchott International Airport) and Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport).

Binter Canarias agreed to wet-lease a Boeing 737-400 from Futura International Airways to launch new flights from Las Palmas to Bergamo and Paris starting on 23 October 2005 and registered EC-INQ. A Boeing 737-800 had been leased from Futura for the peak summer season^[2].