Swiftair

Swiftair

IATA ICAO SWT Callsign SWIFT
Founded	1986
Subsidiaries	Mediterranean Air Freight Swiftair Bahrain
Fleet size	43
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Website	http://www.swiftair.com/

Swiftair Boeing 737-300F at Madrid-Barajas Airport.

Swiftair S.A. is an airline headquartered in Madrid, Spain.^[1] It operates scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Its main base is Madrid–Barajas Airport. ^{[citation needed]}

History

The airline was founded in 1986.^[2] It wholly owns subsidiary Mediterranean Air Freight. Currently Swiftair is also a United Nations contractor with two MD-83 based in Khartoum (Sudan) for the United Nations Mission in Sudan. ^{[citation needed]} On May 10, 2013 a MD83 operated by the company performed scheduled flight VY-3913 from Palma de Mallorca to Madrid for Spanish low-cost airline Vueling. The aircraft suffered an engine problem on take-off but returned safely to Palma de Mallorca ( http://avherald.com/h?article=4621d637&opt=0 )

Fleet

The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)):^[3]

• 6 ATR 42
  • 1 ATR 42-300
  • 4 ATR 42-300F
  • 1 ATR 42-300QC
• 14 ATR 72
  • 4 ATR 72-200 (1 operate by Air Europa)
  • 6 ATR 72-200F
  • 4 ATR 72-500 (2 operate for Antrak Air)
• 6 Boeing 737-300F (4 aircraft are operated for European Air Transport and one aircraft is operated for TNT Airways)
• 10 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia (Cargo division)
• 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (2 aircraft are operated for the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service)

Aircraft orders

• Swiftair has selected the Boeing 737-300F (converted freighter) from Bedek Aviation (Israel Aerospace Industries) as the basis of its future European freighter fleet. The first aircraft was delivered in May 2007 on lease from AWAS.^[4]

References

External links

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