Swazi Express Airways
Swazi Express Airways | |
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IATA code : | Q4 |
ICAO code : | SWX |
Call sign : | SWAZI EXPRESS |
Founding: | 1995 |
Operation stopped: | 2008 |
Seat: | Matsapha , Swaziland |
Home airport : | Matsapha Airport |
Fleet size: | |
Aims: | international |
Swazi Express Airways ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
Swazi Express Airways was an airline based in Swaziland. From its founding in 1995, it was initially called Steffen Air for one year . Flight operations ceased on April 4, 2008. The airline was on the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union .
Fleet and destinations
Swazi Express Airways started operations in 1995 with a Cessna 210 from Matsapha Airport to Maputo and Vilanculos in Mozambique . Three years later, the machine, which only had five passenger seats, was replaced by an 11-seater Cessna 208 caravan . From then on there was also a flight to Durban in South Africa . In 2002 the caravan was replaced by a Metro III with 19 seats.
In February 2008 the fleet consisted of a Metro III and an ATR 42-300 .