iAero Airways
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Founded | 1997 (as Swift Air) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | January 1, 2020 (as IAero Airways) | ||||||
Ceased operations | April 6, 2024[1] | ||||||
AOC # | I5EA212N[2] | ||||||
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Fleet size | 10 Parent company iAero Group | | |||||
Headquarters | Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
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Website | iaeroairways |
iAero Airways, previously named Swift Air, was an
History
Foundations as Swift Air
The airline was established in 1997 and was a customer for the
John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign utilized one of Swift Air's Boeing 737-400s, which was dubbed the Straight Talk Express, the same name given to his bus used earlier in the campaign.[citation needed] In June 2011, Swift Air originally planned to operate public charter flights from Chicago to some European destinations such as Belgrade, Zagreb and Kraków; however, these destinations were only flown in June 2011.[citation needed]
On June 17, 2011, Swift Air voluntarily suspended their Part 121 operations pending an inquiry by the FAA.[6][7] Swift Air resumed normal part 121 operations on June 25, 2011 after making manual changes to satisfy the FAA.
In 2017, Swift Air announced plans to acquire the
Further development as iAero
In May 2019, Swift became a subsidiary of iAero Group, an aviation service firm minority owned by
On September 20, 2023, the airline announced that it would be filing for
Operations
iAero Airways operated charter flights for nationally known fractional aircraft operators, financial institutions, construction and transportation as well as many collegiate athletic departments, professional sports organizations, and major tour operators.[14] It is also a major contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operating many of the agency's deportation flights as well as flights transporting detainees between immigration detention facilities within the United States.[15][16]
The airline also provides
Fleet
Last fleet
As of April 2024 and prior to the closure of operations, the iAero Airways fleet included the following aircraft:[17][3]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Boeing 737-400
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4 | — | 150 | |
Boeing 737-800
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3 | — | 189 | |
Boeing 737-800BDSF
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3 | — | Cargo | Operated for DHL Aviation[3] |
Total | 10 | — |
Historic fleet
As Swift Air, it also operated the following aircraft types:[18]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Boeing 727-200
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1 | 2010 | 2013 | |
Boeing 737-300
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10 | 2011 | 2024 | |
Boeing 737-400SF
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2 | 2020 | 2024 | Operated for DHL Aviation |
Boeing 767-200ER
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1 | 2010 | 2013 | |
2017 | 2018 | |||
Boeing 767-300ER
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1 | 2022 | 2022 | |
Bombardier Challenger 800
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1 | 2006 | 2008 | |
Cessna Citation V | 4 | 1997 | 2006 | |
Cessna Citation X | 9 | 1997 | 2010 | |
Dassault Falcon 2000 | 3 | 1999 | 2006 | |
Embraer Legacy 600 | 8 | 2002 | 2005 | |
Swearingen Merlin | 1 | 1998 | 2001 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c freightwaves.com - Bankrupt charter airline iAero to cease operations April 2, 2024
- ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b c "iAero Airways Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ a b Flight International 12–18 April 2005
- ^ "Swift Aviation Group, Inc. - Sales, FBO, Charter & Management". Archived from the original on 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- ^ "Swift Air Operations". Archived from the original on 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ Bukvic, Lj. (2011-08-16). "Svift er kažnjen zbog otkazivanja leta za Beograd i Zagreb". Danas (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-12-19. / Google Translate. "Swift is fined for canceling flight to Belgrade and Zagreb". Retrieved 2017-04-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Swift Air / Eastern Air Lines - Swift Air". flyswiftair.com.
- ^ "Swift Air Joins iAero Group". prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ^ "Arizona's Swift Air to rebrand as iAero Airways".
- ^ "About us iAero Airways". iaeroairways.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ McDermott, John (September 20, 2023). "iAero Airways Files for Bankruptcy Protection". AirlineGeeks.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (March 14, 2024). "Court filing lists nearly 30 737s as part of IAero asset sale linked to US carrier Eastern". flightglobal.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "About Us - iAero Airways". www.iaeroairways.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-18.
- ^ MacDonald-Evoy, Jerod (17 July 2019). "'ICE Air' flew more than 32K immigrants out of Mesa in less than 10 months". AZ Mirror. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "How ICE Helped Spread the Coronavirus". The New York Times. 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Charter - iAero Airways". iAeroAirways.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Swift Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
External links
Media related to IAero Airways at Wikimedia Commons