Other Operators in The UK
AEC Swifts were also sold to several other operators. Over 100 were sold to Leeds City Transport, transferring to West Yorkshire PTE on its formation in 1974. Birmingham City Transport and Sunderland Corporation took smaller numbers of Swifts.
Great Yarmouth Transport bought eight Swifts new in 1973; these continued in service until the late 1990s, and were the last Swifts to run in service with their original operator. Other customers included Blackpool Transport and St Helens Corporation. Three Swifts delivered to Morecambe Corporation in 1970 carried rare Northern Counties bodywork.
Following withdrawal from service with their initial operators, many Swifts were sold on for further use. Staffordshire-based independent Knotty Bus ran a fleet of four Swifts between 1988 and 1995. A small number of former London Transport Swifts ran for a time with Hants & Sussex (now Emsworth & District) on services in south east Hampshire.
British Airways once owned an AEC Swift, with a special body that had an open platform at the front, which was designed for airside duties.
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