AirSWIFT (formerly Island Transvoyager) is a boutique airline in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

with a permit to operate domestic scheduled and non-scheduled air transportation services. It also served the aircraft transportation requirements of its affiliated company, El Nido Resorts. In October 2024,

Cebu Pacific Cebu Air, Inc. (), operating as Cebu Pacific (stylized in lowercase), is a Philippine low-cost airline based in Pasay, Metro Manila. Founded in 1988, the airline was the first low-cost carrier in Asia and is also the largest airline in the Phi ...

acquired AirSWIFT at a cost of P1.75 billion from ALI Capital Corporation of

Ayala Corporation Ayala Corporation (, formerly ''Ayala y Compañía''; ) is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group. Founded in the Philippines by Domingo Róxas and Antonio de Ayala during Spanish colonial rule, ...

History

ATR 42 of AirSWIFT departing from Palawan

Founded in 2002 as Island Transvoyager, the company had three

Dornier 228 The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. 245 were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics ...

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. On October 7, 2024,

announced the acquisition of AirSWIFT from ALI Capital Corporation at a cost of P1.75 billion, while retaining flight schedule and services.

Destinations

The company operates

El Nido Airport El Nido Airport , also known as Lio Airport, is an airport serving the general area of El Nido, located in the province of Palawan in the Philippines. It is located in the barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historicall ...

, a private airport at

El Nido, Palawan El Nido, officially the Municipality of El Nido (, ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,494 people. A Protec ...

which serves as its operating base. , AirSWIFT flies (or has flown) to the following domestic destinations within the Philippines:

Fleet

, AirSWIFT operates an all-

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fleet composed of the following aircraft:

Airports owned

AirSWIFT is one of the two known charter airlines in the

which own and operate a private airport. The other is

Sky Pasada WCC Aviation, Inc., operating as Sky Pasada, is an airline based in Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines owned and operated by the Guico family. Founded in 2010, it primarily serves the northern Luzon provinces of Batanes, Cagayan and Isabela as ...

. In Palawan, it operates

while it operates Sicogon Airport in Sicogon Island, Carles, Iloilo.

References

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