Swiftair

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Swiftair is an airline based in Madrid, Spain. It operates scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights from Spain to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. It also operates air taxi and air ambulance services. It was founded in 1986 and its main base is Barajas International Airport, Madrid. It also owns 100% of subsidiary Mediterranean Air Freight.Actually Swiftair is also a UN contractor with two MD-83 based in Khartoum(Sudan)and one ATR-42 in El-Obeid/Al-Ubayyid(Sudan)for the United Nations Mission in Sudan.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 Fleet 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Code Data

• ICAO Code: SWT
• Callsign: SWIFT ^[1]

[edit] Fleet

The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

• 4 ATR 42-300
• 1 ATR 42-300F
• 2 ATR 72-200
• 3 ATR 72-210
• 2 Boeing 727-200
• 1 Boeing 727-200F
• 2 Convair 580
• 9 Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia
• 1 Fairchild Merlin IV
• 1 Fairchild Metro II
• 1 Fairchild Metro III
• 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
• 3 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

Other aircraft (as of January 2005):

• 3 Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster

[edit] External links

• Swiftair

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006