Swiftair S.A. is an

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headquartered in

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. It operates scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights in

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and the

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. Its main base is Madrid–Barajas Airport.

History

The airline was founded in 1986. It wholly owns subsidiary

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. Currently Swiftair is also a

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contractor for the

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Fleet

Current fleet

The Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft ():

Former fleet

Swiftair formerly operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents

* In October 1994, one of its aircraft was written off when the crew forgot to lower the landing gear as the plane arrived in Madrid. * In May 1995, another aircraft was damaged beyond repair during a botched landing at Vitoria airport in Spain. * In 2005 a 727 operating for DHL sustained starboard wing damage due botched landing in Kandahar. It was repaired over the next 2 days and returned to Bahrain * In January 2012, a plane sustained substantial damage during a botched landing at Kandahar. * On July 24, 2014, a

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operated by the company performed scheduled flight AH5017 from Ouagadougou to Algiers for Algerian airline

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. The aircraft disappeared off radar 50 minutes after takeoff and crashed in

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, killing all 116 people on board. * On January 18, 2016, an Embraer 120 freighter took out runway edge lights during its takeoff roll at Amsterdam Schiphol airport, on a flight to London Stansted. No injuries occurred. * On November 17, 2016, a Boeing 737-400 registration EC-MAD, was flying on behalf of EAT Leipzig out of Shannon Airport when the pilots reported shortly after liftoff that they had lost all instrumentation. The crew remained in visual contact with the airport and returned for a safe landing. * On September 24, 2022, a Boeing 737-400SF registration EC-NLS, experienced a runway excursion at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, France. After breaking through the barriers, the plane ended its journey in the waters of the

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. There were no injuries among the three crew members.

References

External links

Official website
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