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Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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Hubs | Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Mediterranean Air Freight / Swiftair Hellas | ||||||
Fleet size | 47 | ||||||
Parent company | Lusat Air SL | ||||||
Headquarters | Madrid, Spain | ||||||
Website |
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Swiftair S.A. is an airline whose headquarters are 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.
The airline was founded in 1986. [2] It wholly owns subsidiary Mediterranean Air Freight. Currently Swiftair is also a United Nations contractor for the United Nations Mission in Sudan.[ citation needed]
The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2023 [update]): [3]
Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Notes |
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ATR 42-300 | 1 | — | |
ATR 42-300F | 3 | — | |
ATR 42-300QC | 1 | — | |
ATR 72-200 | 2 | — | |
ATR 72-200F | 4 | — | |
ATR 72-200QC | 1 | — | |
ATR 72-500 | 8 | — | One operating for the United Nations |
ATR 72-500F | 1 | — | |
Boeing 737-300SF | 1 | — | |
Boeing 737-400SF | 11 | — | 4 operating for DHL |
Boeing 737-800BDSF | 2 | 1 | Operating for DHL |
Boeing 737-800SF | 1 | — | Operating for DHL |
Boeing 737-800BCF | 2 | — | |
Boeing 757-200PCF | 2 | — | |
Boeing 757-200PF | 1 | — | |
Total | 47 | 1 |
Swiftair formerly operated the following aircraft:
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Airbus A300B4F | 1 | 2005 | 2006 | Leased from European Air Transport |
Boeing 727-200F | 16 | 1999 | 2012 | |
Boeing 737-300BDSF | 5 | 2008 | 2016 | One sold to Buffalo Airways in 2022 |
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner | 12 | 1990 | 2008 | Three sold to Swiftair Hellas |
Embraer 120 | 10 | - | 2023 | Four sold to Swiftair Hellas |
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 7 | 2005 | 2015 | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 1 | 2009 | 2010 | Operated by the United Nations |
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