Swiftair
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| Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 40 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain | ||||||
| Website | http://www.swiftair.com/ | ||||||
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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]
Incidents
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 )
On July 24, 2014 the airline operated flight 5017 on behalf of Air Algérie from Burkina Faso to Algiers. The flight went missing shortly after take-off, 110 passengers are on board. [3]
Fleet
The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 1 October 2013[update]):[4]
- 6 ATR 42
- 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.[5]
References
- ^ "Contact." Swiftair. Retrieved on 26 January 2011. "Ingeniero Torres Quevedo, 14 | Pol. Ind. “Fin de Semana” Crta. Madrid/Barcelona Km. 13.100 | 28022 - Madrid."
- ^ "About us." Swiftair. Retrieved on 26 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28460625
- ^ Swiftair Fleet Details and History
- ^ "ATR 72 order for Swiftair". Airliner World. July 2007. p. 6.
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