Swift Air

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iAero Airways
IAeroAirways logo (1)
Swiftair Boeing 737-400
IATA code : WQ
ICAO code : SWQ
Call sign : SWIFTFLIGHT
Founding: 1997
Seat: Phoenix , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Home airport : Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Fleet size: 33
Aims: National and international
Website: www.iaeroairways.com/
Former Swift Air logo
Swift Air Boeing 737-300 in old livery
former Swift Air MD-83

IAero Airways , formerly Swift Air is an American airline with headquarters in Phoenix .

history

Swift Air was founded in 1997. The airline was the first customer of the Embraer Legacy 600 for the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. On June 16, 2017, the merger with Eastern Air Lines , founded in 2011, was announced.

December 2018 it was acquired by the iAero Group , a maintenance company for business aircraft . As part of this, it was renamed iAero Airways in 2019.

fleet

As of April 2020, the iAero Airways fleet consists of 33 aircraft with an average age of 26.3 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
( First / Business / Eco )
Average Age
(April 2020)
Boeing 737-300 7th two equipped with winglets and inactive; one operated for Choice Aire 148 (- / - / 148) 26.2 years
Boeing 737-300 F 1 Cargo plane Cargo
Boeing 737-400 20th 2 operated for the United States Department of Homeland Security 150 (- / 12/138)
68 (- / 68 / -)
28.4 years
Boeing 737-800 5 one inactive; two operated by Smartwings 189 (- / - / 189) 17.9 years
total 33 26.3 years

See also

Web links

Commons : Swift Air  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Swift Air - About us , accessed June 24, 2017.
  2. Ch-aviation - Swift Air to acquire Eastern Air Lines , accessed June 24, 2017.
  3. No more confusion: Swift Air becomes iAero Airways. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. September 25, 2019, accessed on April 27, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  4. About Us. In: iAero Airways. Retrieved April 27, 2020 (American English).
  5. a b c iAero-Airways Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. February 20, 2020, accessed April 28, 2020 .