BinAir Aero Service GmbH is a

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headquartered in

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and based out of

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specializing in

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freight services across

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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. EU warns German, Spanish airlines over safety
, Irish Independent retrieved 5/5/2011.see points 15 and 16
official journal of the European Union 20-04-2011 accessed 5-5-2011. As of 29 October 2018, Bin Air's

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had been revoked by the Luftfahrtbundesamt forcing the airline to cease all operations.lba.de - List of Air Carriers licensed by the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (current Operating Licences), Version:October 29, 2018
(German) 29 October 2018aerotelegraph.com - Deutsche Charterairline Bin Air verliert Lizenz
(German) 2 November 2018 It eventually regained its license in December 2020.

Fleet

As of May 2022, the BinAir Fleet consists of the following aircraft:

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. * * On 7 March 2013, a Bin Air metroliner was responsible for the closure of

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's main runway for around 35 minutes when its forward retracting nose wheel collapsed during landing.

References

External links

Official website
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