List of Douglas DC-6 operators
A great number of airlines and air forces from several countries included the Douglas DC-6 in their fleets at some point in time. Today most DC-6s are inactive, stored, or preserved in museums; although a number are still flying in northern bush operations in Alaska and Canada, while several are based in Europe and a few other DC-6s are still in operation for small carriers in South America.
Below are listed known operators of this airplane, both past and present (♠ Original operators)
Civil operators[]
- (BASCO)[1]
Antigua
Australia
- (ANA) ♠[1]
- Ansett-ANA[1]
- British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines[1]
- Trans Australia Airlines[1]
- Air Cambodge[1]
- Royal Air Cambodge[1]
- Buffalo Airways
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines ♠[1]
- CP Air[1]
- Maritime Central Airways ♠[1]
- Nordair[1]
- Pacific Western[1]
- Transair[1]
- Wardair Canada[1]
Cayman Islands
Chile
Denmark
- Compania Dominicana de Aviacion (CDA)[1]
Ecuador
- Ethiopian Air Lines ♠[1]
Finland
France
Greece
- Olympic Airways ♠[1]
- Aviateca[1]
- ADSA[1]
Hong Kong
- Cathay Pacific Airways ♠[1]
- Icelandair[1]
- Loftleidir[1]
Indonesia
Italy
- Japan Air Lines ♠[1]
Jordan
- Air Jordan[1]
- Alia[1]
- Kuwait Airways Corporation[1]
- Trans Arabia Airways[1]
- Air Liban ♠[1]
- Lebanese International Airways[1]
- Trans Mediterranean Airways[1]
Libya
- Libavia[1]
- Madair[1]
Mexico
Nicaragua
- (CLTM)[1]
New Zealand
- Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL)[1]
Norway
Philippines
Portugal
- Civil Air Transport ♠[1]
- Far Eastern Air Transport[1]
- [1]
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian Airlines[1]
Singapore
- (CAAC)[1]
Passengers deplaning an SAS DC-6
Eswatini
Sweden
- Sweden Denmark Norway
- SAS ♠[1]
Switzerland
Syria
- Syrian Arab Airlines[1]
- British West Indian Airways[1]
United Kingdom
- [1]
- Air Atlantique, now West Atlantic; a former cargo carrier based in Coventry, England.
- British Eagle[1]
- British United Airways[1]
- Caledonian Airways[1]
- [4]
- Cunard Eagle Airways[1]
- Eagle Aviation Ltd[1]
- Hunting-Clan Air Transport ♠[1]
- Lloyd International Airways[1]
- [1]
- [1]
- Aero Union
- Air America[1]
- Air Cargo Express
- Alaska Airlines[1]
- [1]
- American Airlines ♠[1]
- [1]
- BirdAir[5]
- Braniff International Airways ♠[1]
- Capital Airlines[1]
- [1]
- Continental Airlines ♠[1]
- [1]
- Delta Air Lines ♠[1]
- Eastern Air Lines[1]
- Everts Air
- Flying Tiger Line ♠[1]
- [1]
- Great Lakes Airlines ♠[1]
- Hawaiian Airlines[1]
- Holiday Airlines (US airline)[1]
- [1]
- [1]
- [1]
- Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball team, DC-6B used for one season (1961)
- Macavia International (spraying)
- Mackey Airlines[1]
- Mercer Airlines[1]
- NASA[3]
- National Airlines ♠[1]
Pan Am Douglas DC-6B in 1954
- North American Airlines ♠[3]
- Northeast Airlines[1]
- Northern Air Cargo
- Northeast Airlines ♠[1]
- Northwest Orient Airlines ♠[3]
- Overseas National Airways ♠[1]
- Pacific Southwest Airlines[1]
- Pan American-Grace Airways ♠[1]
- Pan American World Airways ♠[1]
- President Airlines[1]
- [1]
- Reeve Aleutian Airways[1]
- Riddle Airlines ♠[1]
- [1]
- Sis-Q Flying Service (spraying)
- Slick Airways ♠[1]
- Southern Air Transport[1]
- [1]
- [1]
- [1]
- ♠[1]
- Trans Caribbean Airways ♠[1]
- Trans International Airlines[1]
- Transocean Air Lines[1]
- [1]
- United Air Lines ♠[1]
- Universal Airlines[1]
- [1]
- Western Airlines ♠[1]
- [1]
- World Airways[1]
- Zantop Air Transport[1]
Venezuela
- Yemen Airlines[1]
- Adria Airways[1]
- Inex-Adria[1]
- Jugoslovenski Aerotransport {JAT} ♠[1]
Military operators[]
Harry Truman's C-118, The Independence
- Belgian Air Force (Four operated from 1960)[3]
- Brazilian Air Force[3]
- Chile
- Chinese Nationalist Air Force
- Ecuador
- France
- French Air Force[3]
- French Navy[3]
- Italy
- Italian Air Force[3] operated six former civilian aircraft from 1962 until 1981[6]
Mexico
- New Zealand
- Panama Air Force[3]
- Paraguayan Air Force[3]
- Portugal
- Republic of Vietnam Air Force[3]
- Yugoslav Air Force[3]
References[]
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- ^ a b "SOUTH EAST ASIA 1960s-1970s - INDONESIA & DUTCH NEW GUINEA". goodall.com.au. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Eastwood/Roach 1991, pp.169-199
- ^ http://www.thedc6.com/
- ^ "SINGAPORE and BALI 1980". goodall.com.au. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ aeroflight
- Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1991). Piston Engine Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-37-5.
- Whittle, John A. (1971). The Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 Series. Air-Britain.
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