Binter Canarias

Freight specialist DHL is expanding its fleet with the acquisition of five Airbus A330-200 converted freighters.

Embraer announced two firm orders for the Embraer 175 and 195-E2 at the Paris Air Show on June 20 and confirmed the entry of Avolon as another E2 lessor.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Decision makers from the world’s leading and fastest-growing carriers have confirmed their attendance at the 27th global route development forum.

VPs and Heads of Network Planning will utilise the event to focus on route development and plan for the next summer season.

The Canary Islands-based airline will deploy its five new Embraer E195-E2s on the routes.

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Binter made its debut in Cape Verde in 2012 and its planned expansion will mark its first intra-African operation. The growth is being facilitated by the arrival of new regional turboprop equipment in its Canary Islands based fleet freeing up older aircraft to be redeployed into Cape Verde.

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