Binter christened one of its planes with the name 'La Graciosa' this Wednesday, thus responding to the request agreed to be formulated by the Canary Islands Government Council on January 21 to celebrate its recognition as the eighth inhabited island. The christening was celebrated with a special flight that departed from the island of Lanzarote to fly over La Graciosa for approximately 30 minutes and was attended by the president of the regional Executive, Fernando Clavijo.
The President of the Canary Islands Government highlighted that "a Canarian company, of purely Canarian entrepreneurs, has made the effort, joining the recognition of our eighth island." He also conveyed his congratulations to the company and the institutions of Lanzarote who, together with the Canary Islands Government, have "demonstrated, once again, that when we work together, things turn out well in the end." "This is a clear example of success," he pointed out.
The Canarian Executive points out that it promoted the proposal highlighting the company's relationship with the archipelago, uniting the Islands for three decades, within the framework of the actions promoted by the Canary Islands Government to celebrate the official recognition of the existence of eight populated islands, instead of seven, as stated in the recently reformed Statute of Autonomy. It also recalls that the official recognition as the eighth island, which was promoted by the citizen movement, bore fruit in 2014 by achieving unanimity and the support of all political forces represented in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
The naming ceremony was also attended by the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Pedro San Ginés, the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort, the president of Binter, Pedro del Castillo, and the vice president of Binter, Rodolfo Núñez. After the end of the flight, the event continued in the Timple Museum of Teguise with various speeches, in addition to the performance of the parranda Los Toledo, accompanied by Benito Cabrera.
