Swiftair

Swiftair S.A. is an airline whose headquarters are in Madrid, Spain."Contact." Swiftair. Retrieved on 26 January 2011. "Ingeniero Torres Quevedo, 14|Pol. Ind. “Fin de Semana” Crta. Madrid/Barcelona Km. 13.100|28022-Madrid." It operates scheduled and charter, passenger, and cargo flights in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Its main base is Madrid–Barajas Airport.

History The airline was founded in 1986."About us." Swiftair. Retrieved on 26 January 2011. It wholly owns subsidiary Mediterranean Air Freight. Currently Swiftair is also a United Nations contractor for the United Nations Mission in Sudan.

Fleet Current fleet

, Swiftair operates the following aircraft: + Swiftair fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersNotesAirbus A321-200P2F4—ATR 42-300F4—ATR 42-300QC1—ATR 72-200F6—ATR 72–5003—ATR 72-500F5—ATR 72-600F4—Boeing 737-400SF6—3 operating for DHLBoeing 737-800BCF3—Boeing 737-800BDSF6—Operated for DHLBoeing 757-200PCF2—Boeing 757-200PF1—Total44

Former fleet Swiftair formerly operated the following aircraft:

+ Swiftair former fleetAircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotesAirbus A300B4F120052006Leased from European Air TransportBoeing 727-200F1619992012Boeing 737-300BDSF520082016One sold to Buffalo Airways in 2022Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner1219902008Three sold to Swiftair HellasEmbraer 12010 – 2023Five sold to Swiftair HellasMcDonnell Douglas MD-83720052015One involved in Air Algérie Flight 5017McDonnell Douglas MD-87120092010Operated by the United Nations

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 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. In January 2012, a plane sustained substantial damage during a botched landing at Kandahar. 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. On 28 September 2026, the Paris Criminal Court found Swiftair guilty of corporate manslaughter over the crash and imposed a fine of €225,000, the maximum applicable to the company in the proceedings. The court found that negligence in the training of the crew had contributed to the accident. Swiftair disputed its liability and maintained that its safety procedures and pilot training programmes complied with the applicable regulations. At the time of the judgment, the company had ten days to appeal. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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