MONTSERRAT BARRIGA - European...
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BINTER is a regional Spanish airline (and air industry related services)
based in the Canary Islands, with over 27 years of operation.
Our primary destinations are within the archipelago of Canary Islands,
also connecting internationally Canarias with Western Africa and
Portugal, starting to internationalise from 2005.
BINTER is the only airline serving several OR in Europe (Canaries,
Madeira, Azores) and OR in Africa (Cape Verde).
This is an ongoing story of time, perseverance, investment, risk.
2016
• Binter has replicated the model of
Canarias in Cape Verde
• Connection of Macaronesia
Binter Cabo Verde
GEOGRAPHICAL MOBILITY IS A VEHICLE FOR REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY.
Geographical mobility as a vehicle for
regional development: economically and socially
Local development in the destinations linked to development in Canarias as a global strategy: tourism, medical services, education
• Africa connected vertically, not horizontally
• Supply of air links creates demand and
allows development in both origin and
destination
• Alliances & code share
• Emerging markets
• Globalisation
• Social /Political instability
• Unfair competition
• High bureaucracy
• Poor infrastructures
• Low local demand
Challenges & Opportunities
Importance of public support to private initiative • Facilitating visas for Africans
• Reducing bureaucracy for
airlines
• Reducing airport taxes
• Marketing regions as touristic
destinations
• Investing in infrastructures
• Allow access to international
financing
• Students mobility
• Languages