Bin Air Explained

Airline:	Bin Air
Iata:	-
Icao:	BID^[1]
Callsign:	BINAIR^[2]
Founded:	1996
Hubs:	Essen/Mülheim Airport
Fleet Size:	5
Destinations:	charter
Headquarters:	Munich, Germany
Website:	binair.eu

BinAir Aero Service GmbH^[3] is a German charter airline headquartered in Munich and based out of Essen/Mülheim Airport specializing in ad hoc freight services across Europe.

History

The airline was founded in 1996.

The European Union warned the airline in 2011 to improve its safety or face inclusion in the EU no-flight blacklist of banned airlines.^{[4] [5]} As of 29 October 2018, Bin Air's air operator's certificate had been revoked by the Luftfahrtbundesamt forcing the airline to cease all operations.^{[6] [7]} It eventually regained its license in December 2020.^[8]

Fleet

As of May 2022, the BinAir Fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[9]

Accidents and incidents

• On 19 January 2010, a Bin Air Swearingen SA-227-DC Metro was damaged when the right main undercarriage collapsed on landing at Stuttgart Airport.^[10]
  • On 7 March 2013, a Bin Air metroliner was responsible for the closure of Dublin Airport's main runway for around 35 minutes when its forward retracting nose wheel collapsed during landing.^{[11] [12] [13]}

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bin Air code data at planespotters.net . 2010-12-03 . 2015-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151105120855/https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Binair . dead .
2. http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=2138 rzjets.net
3. Web site: List of Air Carriers licensed by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (current Operating Licences), Version: October 27, 2014. 28 October 2014.
4. http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=124053 EU warns German, Spanish airlines over safety
5. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:104:0010:0034:EN:PDF see points 15 and 16
6. https://www.lba.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Formulare/B1/B11_Genehmigungen/Merkblaetter_Info/B1_LstLU.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=94 lba.de - List of Air Carriers licensed by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (current Operating Licences), Version:October 29, 2018
7. https://www.aerotelegraph.com/deutsche-charterairline-bin-air-verliert-lizenz aerotelegraph.com - Deutsche Charterairline Bin Air verliert Lizenz
8. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/98639-germanys-binair-regains-aoc ch-aviation.com Germany's BinAir regains AOC
9. Web site: Bin Air fleet. 8 May 2022.
10. Web site: Accident: BinAir SW4 at Stuttgart on Jan 19th 2010, right main gear collapsed on landing . . 20 January 2010.
11. Web site: Flights resume at Dublin Airport after small cargo plane damaged on landing . RTÉ News, Ireland . 7 March 2013.
12. Web site: Photo: Crashed Metroliner at Dublin Airport . @MMcKCiara Ciara Underwood . 7 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203071523/https://twitter.com/MMcKCiara/status/309589637872103424/photo/1# . 2013-12-03 . dead .
13. Web site: Kapps. Sebastien. Accident: Bin Air are rubbish according to Dublin crash witnesses. Simon Hradecky.