Sale Abroad
AEC Swifts were also sold for the export market, and many were sold abroad after withdrawal. 65 Swifts with bodywork by local builder Bus Bodies were sold to South African operator Durban Transport in 1974.
Australian Capital Territory operator ACTION purchased 101 AH505 powered Swifts between 1967 and 1975. The State Transport Authority of Adelaide, purchased 292 AH691 powered Swifts in 1970-72 followed by 66 AH760 examples in 1978.
Several former London Transport vehicles were sold to Maltese operators following withdrawal.
177 Swifts and Merlins were bought by Northern Irish operator Citybus between 1977 and 1980 to replace buses destroyed during the Troubles, although most were withdrawn after 1981. In early 1981 ten Swifts recently withdrawn by London Transport were exported to Italy to act as emergency control centres and shelters in the aftermath of the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.
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