Swift Aviation Group first made headlines eight years ago, following an announcement by Embraer that the Phoenix-based charter operator, sales and maintenance provider had become the launch customer for the Legacy. Since then, the company remained largely out of the spotlight until this past January, when Swift’s private air terminal at Sky Harbor International Airport was named the official FBO of the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee. That honor–combined with a new partnership and the launch of a new safety program–appears to have propelled the company back into the limelight.
Managing the increased traffic from the Super Bowl was “quite an undertaking,” according to Michael White, vice president of flight operations. He added, however, that the company was happy with the outcome. Corporate jet traffic at Sky Harbor increased more than 30 percent over the course of the weekend, he said, with Swift handling the majority. Of the 676 corporate jet landings, 455 were Swift customers, and the company sold 280,000 gallons of jet fuel.
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