Spanish airline, Binter, will continue to operate the Madeira – Porto Santo route until the 23rd of February 2024, after the concession contract was extended by the Government of the Republic this week.
In a statement sent to the newsroom, Binter confirms that it was the concessionaire of this public service obligation route (PSO) in 2018 for a period of three years, a contract that was renewed for another three years and that, since then, has been extended for periods of four or six months. Note that the current extension expired on the 23rd of August 2023.
“Binter has been uniting the Madeira and Canary Islands for almost two decades and, since 2018, the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, carrying more than half a million passengers on more than 12,000 flights,” says the company, which stresses that it maintains continuous contact with local administrations, to establish synergies that allow progress in connectivity.
The airline operates four daily flights between the two islands of the Portuguese archipelago, with two departures from Madeira (FNC) and two from Porto Santo (PXO).
On the same note, the company recalls that, since July, Binter’s summer programme includes direct connections from Madeira (FNC) to Porto Santo (PXO), Marrakesh (RAK), Fuerteventura (FUE), Lanzarote (ACE) and Tenerife South (TFS), in addition to year-round operations to Tenerife North (TFN) and Gran Canaria (LPA).
Samantha Gannon
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