List of Dornier 228 operators

In July 2017, 63 Dornier 228 were in airline service. ^[1] Other operators include law enforcement, paramilitary operators and military operators.

Civilian operators

Gorkha Airlines in Pokhara Airport, Nepal

Vision Airlines at North Las Vegas Airport

Lufttransport 228NG in Svalbard

• Aerocardal (3)
• Agni Air (2) leased to Simrik Airlines
• Air Caraïbes (3)
• Air Marshall Islands (2)
• Air West Coast (2)
• Alkan Air (2)
• Alliance Air (2)
• APSA Colombia (1)
• Arcus Air (2)
• Bighorn Airways (3)
• Daily Air (4)
• Divi Divi Air (1)
• Dornier Aviation Nigeria (9)
• GAM Aviation (3)
• German Aerospace Center (2)
• Gorkha Airlines (2)
• Inter Island Airways (1)
• Island Aviation (3)
• Jagson Airlines (2)
• Lufttransport (2)
• National Cartographic Center of Iran (3) ^[2]
• New Central Airservice (3)
• Sevenair (4)
• Simrik Airlines (2) owned by Agni Air
• Sita Air (4)
• Summit Air (5)
• Vision Airlines (1)
• MAYAir (2)

Dornier 228-200NG/212NG:

• Aurigny (2)
• Lufttransport (1)
• New Central Airservice (3)
• Alliance Air (India) (1) + 1 on order

Police, law enforcement, paramilitary operations

Finnish Border Guard

Netherlands Coastguard

Finland

• Finnish Border Guard ^[3]

  India

• Indian Coast Guard – 41 Dornier 228-101 maritime surveillance aircraft. ^{[4] [5]} 8 on order. ^[6]

Iran

• Iranian Navy

• National Cartographic Center of Iran – 2 Dornier Do-228-212 used for aerial survey

Netherlands

• Netherlands Coastguard (2)

Oman

• Royal Oman Police Air Wing

Mauritius

• Mauritius Coast Guard - 3 Dornier Do-228-212 in service.

  United Kingdom

• Marine Fisheries Agency
• Ministry of Defence (Wet Lease from Summit Air)

Military operators

German Navy Pollution control

Indian Navy twins

Bangladesh Navy Do-228NG MPA

  Angola

• National Air Force of Angola ^{[ citation needed ]}

  Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Navy – 4 Dornier 228NG MPA. ^{[7] [8]}

Germany

• Marineflieger – 2 Dornier 228NG (MPA, Recce) ^[7]

  Guyana

• Guyana Defence Force - 2 ordered from HAL. ^[9] Delivered on 1st April 2024. ^[10] Commissioned on 18 November 2024. ^[11]

India

• Indian Air Force – operates 61 Dornier 228-201, ^[12] 6 on order. ^{[13] [14]}
• Indian Navy – operates 29 Dornier 228-201, ^[12] Includes 4 upgraded variants, 8 more on order. ^{[15] [ needs update ]} Rest being upgraded. ^[16]
• DRDO – 1 Dornier 228 “Nabhratna” used as a flying test bed by LRDE ^[17]

  Italy

• Italian Army Aviation - 3 ^{[18] [19]}

Malawi

• Military of Malawi – 3 ^[7]

Maldives

• Maldives National Defence Force

Niger

• Niger Air Force – one delivered in 1986 ^[20]

Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force – 1 ^[7]

Seychelles

• Seychelles Air Force – 2, gifted by India

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Air Force – 1, +1 on order from HAL ^[21]

Thailand

• Royal Thai Navy – 7 MPA, locally designated B.LW.1 (Thai : บ.ลว.๑). ^{[7] [22]}

Venezuela

• Venezuelan Air Force – 3 + 7 orders ^[7]

Former military operators

Cape Verde

• Coast Guard of Cape Verde ^[23]

Bhutan

• Royal Bhutan Army (Bhutan Army Air Wing) ^{[24] [25]}

Germany

• German Air Force

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