Development since 2010
Some of the owners of Binter Canarias decided to buy Navegacion y Servicios Aéreos Canarios (NAYSA) and to transfer some planes from Binter to NAYSA in order to reduce costs and increase benefits. The airline also established Canarias Airlines (trading as Canair) as a low-fare subsidiary in 2011.
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.[4] 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.[5][6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
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.
