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 (♠ indicate Original operators).
Civil operators
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- Brothers Air Service (BASCO)[1]
- Aerolíneas Argentinas[1]
- Aerolineas Ini y Cia[1]
- Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA)[1]
- Austral[1]
- Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina (FAMA) ♠[1]
- Australian National Airlines (ANA) ♠[1]
- Ansett-ANA[1]
- British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines[1]
- Trans Australia Airlines[1]
- Belgian International Air Services[1]
- Delta Air Transport
- Inair[1]
- Sabena ♠[1]
- Sobelair[1]
- Transpommair[1]
- Lloyd Aereo Boliviano[1]
- SAVCO (Servicios Aereos Virgen de Copacabna)[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]
- ALFA Chile - Aerolineas Flecha Austral
- Lineas Aereas del Cobre (Ladeco)[1]
- Lineas Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN Chile) ♠[1]
- Lineas Aereas Sud Americana (LASA)
- Solastral
- Taxpa - Taxis Aereos del Pacifico
- Transglobal
- Aerovias Condor de Colombia[1]
- Aerocosta[1]
- Lineas Aereos Taxader[1]
- Rutas Aereas Soceidad Aerea Medellin[1]
- Tampa Cargo
- Lineas Aereas Costarricenses (LACSA)[1]
- Transportes Aereos de Integracion (TAISAP)[1]
- Nordair[1]
- Sterling Airways[1]
- Aeromaritime d'Affretement[1]
- Agile Azur[1]
- Air France[1]
- Air Inter[1]
- Airnautic[1]
- Compagnie de Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux (TAI) ♠[1]
- Trans-Union[1]
- Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) ♠[1]
- ADSA[1]
- Alitalia ♠[1]
- Linee Aeree Italiane (LAI) ♠[1]
- Societa Aerea Mediterranea (SAM)[1]
- Aerocarga[1]
- Aeronaves de Mexico[1]
- Aeromexico
- Guest Aerovias Mexico[1]
- Mexicana de Aviación ♠[1]
- SAESA[1]
- Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL)[1]
- Aerovías Panamá[1]
- Aero Fletes Internacionales (AFISA)[1]
- Internacional de Aviacio (Inair)[1]
- Rutas Aereas Panemenas (RAPSA)[1]
- Air Ferry[1]
- Air Atlantique, now West Atlantic; a former cargo carrier based in Coventry, England.
- British Eagle[1]
- British United Airways[1]
- Caledonian Airways[1]
- Cloudmaster[4]
- Cunard Eagle Airways[1]
- Eagle Aviation Ltd[1]
- Hunting-Clan Air Transport ♠[1]
- Lloyd International Airways[1]
- AAXICO Airlines[1]
- Admiral Airlines[1]
- Aero Union
- Air America[1]
- Air Cargo Express
- Alaska Airlines[1]
- All American Airlines[1]
- American Airlines ♠[1]
- Aerovias Sud Americana (aka ASA International Airlines)[1]
- BirdAir[5]
- Braniff International Airways ♠[1]
- Capital Airlines[1]
- Conner Airlines[1]
- Continental Airlines ♠[1]
- Currey Air Transport[1]
- Delta Air Lines ♠[1]
- Eastern Air Lines[1]
- Everts Air
- Flying Tiger Line ♠[1]
- General Airways[1]
- Great Lakes Airlines ♠[1]
- Hawaiian Airlines[1]
- Holiday Airlines (US airline)[1]
- International Airlines[1]
- Lance Air Transport[1]
- Los Angeles Air Service[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]
- 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]
- Purdue Aeronautics[1]
- Reeve Aleutian Airways[1]
- Riddle Airlines ♠[1]
- Shamrock Air Lines[1]
- Sis-Q Flying Service (spraying)
- Slick Airways ♠[1]
- Southern Air Transport[1]
- Span East Airlines[1]
- Standard Airways[1]
- Trans Alaskan Airlines[1]
- Trans American Airlines ♠[1]
- Trans Caribbean Airways ♠[1]
- Trans International Airlines[1]
- Transocean Air Lines[1]
- Twentieth Century Aircraft[1]
- United Air Lines ♠[1]
- Universal Airlines[1]
- United States Overseas Airlines[1]
- Western Airlines ♠[1]
- Winner Airways[1]
- World Airways[1]
- Zantop Air Transport[1]
- Avensa[1]
- Rutas Aereas Nacionales (RANSA)[1]
Military operators
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- Belgian Air Force (Four operated from 1960)[3]
- Italian Air Force[3] operated six former civilian aircraft from 1962 until 1981[6]
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
- ^ "Home". thedc6.com.
- ^ "SINGAPORE and BALI 1980". goodall.com.au. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ aeroflight
Sources
edit- 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.