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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.

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History

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]

Fleet

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Current fleet

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Swiftair ATR 72-200
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Swiftair Boeing 737-300F
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Swiftair Boeing 757-200PCF

As of November 2024, the Swiftair fleet consists of the following aircraft:[citation needed]

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Former fleet

Swiftair formerly operated the following aircraft:

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A Swiftair Embraer EMB 120
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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.[citation needed]
  • In May 1995, another aircraft was damaged beyond repair during a botched landing at Vitoria airport in Spain.[citation needed]
  • In 2005, a Boeing 727 operating for DHL sustained starboard wing damage during a botched landing in Kandahar. It was repaired over the next 2 days and returned to Bahrain.[citation needed]
  • In January 2012, a plane sustained substantial damage during a botched landing at Kandahar.[citation needed]
  • On 24 July 2014, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by the company performed scheduled flight AH5017 from Ouagadougou to Algiers for Algerian airline Air Algérie. The aircraft disappeared off radar 50 minutes after takeoff and crashed in Gossi, Mali, killing all 116 people on board.[3]
  • On 18 January 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.[citation needed]
  • On 17 November 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.[4]
  • On 24 September 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 Étang de l'Or. There were no injuries among the three crew members.[5]
  • On 25 November 2024, Swiftair Flight 5960, a Boeing 737–476(SF) registered as EC-MFE, crashed in Vilnius, Lithuania while on approach, killing one crew member and injuring three others.[6][7]

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