List of Douglas DC-7 operators

Douglas DC-7 operators
Delta Air Lines DC-7

Operators of the Douglas DC-7 past and present:

Civil operators

Sabena DC-7C operating a transatlantic service in 1962

  Belgium

• SABENA - received 10 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Bermuda

• ARCO Bermuda

  Bolivia

  Brazil

• Panair do Brasil - received 4 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Canada

• Pacific Western Airlines

  Colombia

  Costa Rica

  Denmark

• Conair
• Flying Enterprise
• Scandinavian Airlines System - received 14 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Dominican Republic

  Ecuador

• AREA Ecuador

  France

• Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux - received 3 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]
• Transports Aériens Réunis

  Gabon

• Affretair

  Germany

• Atlantis
• Sudflug

  Honduras

• Transportes Aéreos Nacionales (TAN Airlines)

  Indonesia

• Penas Air Cargo

  Iran

• Persian Air Services

  Ireland

• Aer Turas
• Shannon Air

  Italy

• Alitalia - received 6 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Jamaica

• Air Caribbean Transport

  Japan

• Japan Air Lines - received 4 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Jordan

• Royal Jordanian Airlines

  Lebanon

• Lebanese International Airways

  Malawi

  Mauritius

  Mexico

• Mexicana - received 3 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Netherlands

KLM DC-7CF freighter loading cargo in 1964

• KLM - received 15 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]
• Martinair
• Schreiner Airways

  Norway

• Scandinavian Airlines System ^[1]

  Panama

• Aerovías Panamá
• Talingo Airlines

  Paraguay

  Peru

• Aerolíneas Peruanas

  Philippines

• Fleeming Air System Transport

  Spain

• Spantax
• TAE – Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces
• TASSA
• Transeuropa Compañía de Aviación

Rhodesia

• Affretair
• Air Trans Africa

  South Africa

• South African Airways - received 4 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]

  Sweden

• Internord
• Ostermanair Charter
• Scandinavian Airlines System ^[1]
• Swedish Red Cross
• Transair Sweden

  Switzerland

• Swissair - received 5 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]

  Suriname

  United Kingdom

• British Overseas Airways Corporation - received 10 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]
• Caledonian Airways
• Dan-Air
• Trans Meridian

  United States

• Aerovias Sud Americana (aka ASA International Airlines)
• Air Tankers
• Airlinft International
• American Airlines - received 34 DC-7s and 24 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• Braniff Airways - received 7 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]
• Continental Air Lines - received 6 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• Delta Air Lines - received 10 DC-7s and 11 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• Eastern Air Lines - received 50 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Interocean Airlines
• Liberty Air
• National Airlines - received 4 DC-7s and 4 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• Northwest Orient Airlines - received 14 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[1]
• Overseas National Airways
• Pan American-Grace Airways - received 6 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• Pan American World Airways - received 7 DC-7Bs and 26 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft. ^[3]
• Riddle Airlines
• Saturn Airways
• Standard Airways
• United Airlines - received 57 DC-7s as new build aircraft. ^[2]
• United States Forest Service
• Universal Airlines
• United States Overseas Airlines
• Vance International Airways
• Zantop Air Transport

Military operators

  Colombia

• Colombian Air Force 1 x DC-7B and 1 x DC-7C

  France

• French Air Force 3 x DC-7C

  Mexico

• Mexican Air Force 1 x DC-7B

  Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force - 1 × DC-7C briefly operated in 1968 during the Biafran War ^[4]

Rhodesia

• Rhodesian Air Force 1 x DC-7C

References

1. Gann 1999 , p. 79
2. Gann 1999 , p. 78
3. Gann 1999 , pp. 78–79
4. Draper 1999 , pp. 82–83

• Draper, Michael I. (1999). Shadows: Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria 1967–1970. Aldershot, UK: Hikoki Publications. ISBN   1-902109-63-5.
• Gann, Harry (1999). Douglas DC-6 and DC-7. Airliner Tech. Vol. 4. North Branch, Minnesota, USA: Speciality Press. ISBN   1-58007-017-5.