Swiftair

Infobox Airline
airline = Swiftair

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fleet_size = 29
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IATA = W3
ICAO = SWT
callsign = SWIFT
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founded = 1986
headquarters = Madrid, Spain
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website = http://www.swiftair.com/

Swiftair is an airline based in Madrid, Spain. It operates scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Its main base is Barajas International Airport, Madrid. Fact|date=June 2007

History

The airline was founded in 1986. It wholly owns subsidiary Mediterranean Air Freight. Currently Swiftair is also a UN contractor with two MD-83 based in Khartoum (Sudan) for the United Nations Mission in Sudan. Fact|date=June 2007

Fleet

The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 15 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=SWT&al_op=1] :

*1 ATR 42-300
*4 ATR 42-300F
*1 ATR 42-300QC
*4 ATR 72-200
*6 ATR 72-200F
*2 ATR 72-500 (which is operated for Binter Canarias)
*1 Boeing 727-200F
*5 Boeing 737-300F
*5 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

As per the airline's website the company is also running an unknown number of EMB 120.

Aircraft orders

*Swiftair has agreed to acquire three new ATR 72-500 aircraft for delivery between December 2007 and mid-2008. They will join 16 older ATR 42-200 aircraft already in service. The ATR fleet may be increased to 30 aircraft by 2010.cite news | title= ATR 72 order for Swiftair | work= Airliner World | page= 6 | date= July 2007]
*Swiftair has also selected the Boeing 737-300F as the basis of its future European freighter fleet. The first aircraft was delivered in May 2007 on lease from AWAS.

External links

* [http://www.swiftair.com/ Swiftair]
* [http://www.swiftair-va.com/ Swiftair Virtual]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=SWT Swiftair Fleet]

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