AirSWIFT
AirSWIFT
Boutique airline of the Philippines
AirSWIFT (formerly Island Transvoyager) is a boutique airline in the Philippines with a permit to operate domestic scheduled and non-scheduled air transportation services. It also serves the aircraft transportation requirements of its affiliated company, El Nido Resorts.
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| Founded | 2002; 22 years ago (2002) (as Island Transvoyager) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2015; 9 years ago (2015) (as AirSWIFT) | ||||||
| AOC # | 2010022[1] | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Parent company | Ayala Corporation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ayala Malls Manila Bay Macapagal Boulevard cor. Aseana Avenue Parañaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Founded in 2002 as Island Transvoyager, the company had three Dornier 228 aircraft. All of these were retired by early 2013 and replaced by ATR 42-600s. Ayala Capital Corporation acquired ownership of ITI in 2012. In October 2015, Island Transvoyager rebranded as AirSWIFT.[2]
The company operates El Nido Airport, a private airport at El Nido, Palawan which serves as its hub.[3][4] As of July 2023, AirSWIFT serves the following destinations within the Philippines:
As of 2024-02, AirSWIFT operates the following aircraft: [5]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Notes |
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| ATR 42-600 | 2 | — | |
| ATR 72-600 | 3 | ||
| Total | 5 |
AirSWIFT is one of the two known charter airlines in Philippines which own and operate a private airport. The other is Sky Pasada.
In Palawan, it operates El Nido Airport[6] while it operates Sicogon Airport in Sicogon Island Carles, Iloilo.
- "ACTIVE/CURRENT AOC HOLDERS" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines. May 30, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- "ITI Philippines Rebrands as AirSWIFT". 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- "AirSWIFT Airlines Philippines – Flights". AirSWIFT. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- "Airswift – Domestic Flights in the Philippines". AirSWIFT. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- "BusinessMirror - Ayala land to invest P6 billion in new ecotourism project". businessmirror.com.ph. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- Official website
- "Why ITI Air is the Best (and Worst) Airline in the Philippines". thephilippines.com. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- "AirSWIFT Launches El Nido Service". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-02-17.