The Canary Islands Airline Will Progressively Upgrade Its ATR Fleet With 12 Of The Airplanes

The Spanish carrier Binter, based in the Canary Islands, has taken delivery of the first of 12 ATR 72-600s ordered through two different contracts signed in 2014 and earlier this year.

With the introduction of these new ATR ‘-600s series’ aircraft the airline will progressively upgrade its current fleet, consisting of 16 ATR 72-500s. Binter, which is a long-standing ATR operator, has progressively developed its regional network over the Canary Islands with ATR aircraft since 1989.

“We have needed an important investing effort to achieve this operation”, declared “Pedro Agustin del Castillo, President of Binter. “Our aim is to keep and even further enhance the standards of quality in the inter-islands operations, thus responding to our commitment with the Canary Islands”. He also underlined, among the developments of the new ATR, “the lower fuel burnt, the thinner, roomier and ergonomical seats, the larger overhead bins capacity, the larger flight autonomy and the state-of-the-art cockpit technology, close to the one of the Airbus A380”.

“We have been successfully operating ATRs for more than 25 years, and bringing the latest ATR -600s is a natural step forward in our long-standing partnership," said Pedro Agustin del Castillo, President of Binter. "We are convinced that these aircraft are the right tool to expand our services to countries around the Canary Islands archipelago.”

(Image provided with ATR news release)

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