Canarias Airlines Compañía de Aviación S.L., styled as Canair, is a Spanish regional airline with bases at Las Palmas Airport and Tenerife-North Airport which commenced operations as a subsidiary of Binter Canarias in September 2011.[2] Canair was founded in 2011 as a low-fare subsidiary of Binter Canarias, which began operations in September of that year with two ATR 72-500 airliners.[3]
History
The company was branded as “another move in the strategy of Binter Canarias in guaranteeing the provision of public services in the Canary Islands"[4] and initially employed 22 pilots and 24 flight attendants, operating 24 daily flights between Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
In June 2023, Binter Canarias opened a second subsidiary airline, Naysa Servicios Aéreos, using the name of a former airline.[5] This airline operates exclusively on behalf of Binter, alongside Canair.
Fleet
As of August 2025, Canair operates the following aircraft:[6]
References
- Airplane and Helicopter Air Operator Certificates (AOC) list State Air Safety Agency^
- AviacionDigit@l. Despega el nuevo operador de BinterCanarias, CANAIR Aviación Digital, 2011-09-23, retrieved 2023-12-31^
- Stefan Eiselin. Billigflieger für die Kanaren aeroTELEGRAPH, 2011-09-26, retrieved 2023-12-31^
- Hosteltur. Canair, nueva compañía de Binter Canarias Hosteltur: Toda la información de turismo, retrieved 2023-12-31^
- André Orban. Binter reincorporates Naysa for flights within the Canary Islands Aviation24.be, 2023-06-30, retrieved 2024-01-01^
- Global Airline Guide 2025 - Canair Airliner World, September 2025^