List of Douglas DC-8 operators

The following is a list of past and present operators of the Douglas DC-8 including those airlines which flew converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft: ^[1]

♠ - Denotes original DC-8 operators

Civil operators

  Austria

• Austrian Airlines

  Belgium

• Belgian International Air Services
• CargoLion
• Delta Air Transport
• Pomair

  Brazil

• BETA Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• DiGregorio Digex
• Panair do Brasil
• Skymaster Airlines
• Transportes Charter do Brasil
• Varig
• VASP (fleet included former Air Canada Cargo Super DC-8-73 aircraft)

  Canada

• Air Canada ^[2] (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft operated by Air Canada Cargo)
• Canadian Pacific Airlines ^[3] ♠ (later renamed CP Air)
• Minerve Canada
• Nationair Canada
• Nordair (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• Points of Call Airlines
• Quebecair
• Swiftair Cargo
• Trans-Canada Airlines ♠ (became Air Canada)
• Worldways Canada

  Cayman Islands

• Cayman Airways

  Central African Republic

• Air Centrafrique

  Ceylon

• Air Ceylon

  Chile

• Fast Air
• LanChile Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)

  Colombia

• Tampa Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)

  Zaire

• Air Zaïre

  Côte d'Ivoire

• Air Afrique ♠

  Cuba

• Cubana

  Cyprus

• Cyprus Airways

  Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Trans Air Cargo Service
• Hewa Bora Airways
• Kinshasa Airways

  Denmark

• Scanair
• Sterling Airways

  Finland

• Finnair
• Kar-Air
• Spear Air

  France

• Aéromaritime
• Air France
• Aire d'Evasions (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Minerve (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Point Air
• Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) ♠
• Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) ♠
• UTA ♠

  Germany

• Atlantis ♠
• Condor (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• German Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Lufthansa
• Lufthansa Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Südflug

  Ghana

• Airlift International
• Air Charter Express
• Ghana Airways
• Johnsons Air
• Meridian Airways
• MK Airlines

  Iceland

• Icelandair
• Loftleidir (DC-8 aircraft also operated by subsidiary International Air Bahama)

  India

• Air India

  Indonesia

• Garuda Indonesia

  Ireland

• Aer Turas
• Translift Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)

  Italy

• Alitalia ♠
• Aeral

  Jamaica

• Air Jamaica

  Japan

• Japan Air Lines ♠
• Japan Asia Airways

  Kenya

• African Safari Airways
• Kenya Airways
• Ribway Cargo Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)

  Liberia

• Liberia World Airways

  Libya

• United African Airlines

  Luxembourg

• Cargolux

  Maldives

• Maldives Airways

  Mexico

• Aeroleón
• Aeroméxico
• Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, Mas Air
• Aeronaves de Mexico ♠
• Aeropostal Cargo de México
• Mexicana de Aviación
• Transportación Aérea Mexicana (TAM)

  Netherlands

• KLM ♠ (fleet included mixed passenger/freight DC-8 combi aircraft)
• Martinair

  New Zealand

• Air New Zealand ♠
• Southern World Airlines
• TEAL

  Nigeria

• Trans Sahel Airlines

  Pakistan

• Pakistan International Airlines (Fleet included of 1 leased DC-8-21F and 1 leased DC-8-71CF for cargo flights)

  Panama

• Air Panamá Internacional
• Arrow Cargo Panamá
• International Air Panamá (INAIR Panamá)

  Paraguay

• Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP) (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)

  Peru

• Aerolíneas Peruanas (APSA)
• Aeronaves del Perú
• AeroPerú
• APISA Air Cargo
• Faucett

  Philippines

• Philippine Airlines ♠

  Poland

• Lot Polish Airlines (one Super DC-8-62 leased from Arrow Air in 1987-1988 for servicing the transatlantic line after the loss of one Il-62M)

Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)

• Scandinavian Airlines System ♠

  Singapore

• Saber Air

  South Africa

• African International Airways

  South Korea

• Korean Air

  Spain

• Air Cargo Spain
• Air Spain
• Aviaco
• Cargosur
• Cygnus Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Iberia ♠
• Spantax

  Sri Lanka

• Expo Aviation (FitsAir)

  Suriname

• Surinam Airways

  Eswatini

• African International Airlines

  Sweden

• Air Sweden (founded as Time Air Sweden. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Interswede

  Switzerland

• Balair
• SATA Société Anonyme de Transports Aérien Genève
• Swissair ♠
• Brisair

  Thailand

• Air Siam
• Thai Airways

  Turkey

• Birgenair

  United Arab Emirates

• Bravo Cargo Services

  United Kingdom

• British Cargo Airlines
• IAS Cargo Airlines
• Transmeridian Air Cargo

  United States

• ABX Air
• Airborne Express
• Airlift International ♠
• Air Marshall Islands (operated a mixed passenger/freight DC-8-62 combi aircraft)
• American Flyers Airline ♠
• American International Airways
• Arrow Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Astar Air Cargo (previously operated as DHL Airways. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft flying for DHL)
• Air Transport International (ATI) (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• BAX Global (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• Braniff International Airways ♠
• Capitol International Airways ♠
• Challenge Air Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Delta Air Lines ♠ (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• Eastern Airlines ♠
• Emery Worldwide (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Evergreen International Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft. Evergreen also operated a DC-8-73 for Air India Cargo)
• FedEx Express ^{[ citation needed ]} (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft formerly operated by Flying Tiger Line)
• Flagship Express (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• Flying Tiger Line ♠ (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Gulf Air Transport (renamed Trans Ocean Airways. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Kalitta Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• MGM Grand Air
• National Airlines ♠
• National Airlines (1983–1985) (fleet included a Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• National Airlines (N8) (cargo operator. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Northwest Orient Airlines ♠
• Overseas National Airways ♠
• Pacific East Air
• Pan American World Airways ♠
• Pan American-Grace Airways ♠ (also known as Panagra)
• Rich International Airways
• Samaritan's Purse (currently operates a converted DC-8-72CF aircraft)
• Saturn Airways ♠
• Seaboard World Airlines ♠
• Southern Air Transport (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Skybus Cargo Charters (currently operates converted Super DC-8-72 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Trans Caribbean Airways ♠
• Trans Continental
• Trans International Airlines ♠ (also operated as Transamerica Airlines. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Trans International Airlines (1985–1989)
• United Air Lines ♠ (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
• UPS Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
• Universal Airlines ♠
• Wien Air Alaska (contract cargo operations for UPS)
• World Airways
• Zantop International Airlines

  Uruguay

• PLUNA

  Venezuela

• VIASA ♠

  Zambia

• Zambia Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)

Military and government operators

  Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Congolese Air Force ^[4] - One remained in use in late 2016. ^[5]

  France

• French Air Force ^[6]

  Gabon

• Government of Gabon (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)

  Spain

• Spanish Air Force

  Oman

• Government of Oman (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)

  Peru

• Peruvian Air Force (two DC-8-62-CFs purchased in 1982–83 for the Presidential flight.) ^[7]

  Philippines

• Philippine Air Force

  Thailand

• Royal Thai Air Force (two DC-8-62AFs acquired in 1982.) ^[8]

  Togo

• Government of Togo (operated by BTL - Base de Transport de Lomé) ^[9]

  United States

• NASA (aircraft was a converted DC-8-72)
• United States Navy

Corporate operators

The Douglas DC-8 is and has been operated by corporate operators.

• ORBIS International operated a DC-8 as a flying hospital

References

1. http://www.airliners.net, photos of DC-8-71 and DC-8-73 aircraft (advanced search)
2. Endres 1979, pp. 17–18.
3. Endres 1979, p. 28.
4. "Aircraft Quick Search: DC-8". CH-Aviation.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
5. "Last Military DC-8". Air International . Vol. 92, no. 3. March 2017. p. 27. ISSN   0306-5634.
6. Francillon 1979, p. 597.
7. Air International May 1988, p. 232.
8. Pocock 1986, p. 119.
9. "Aircraft Quck Search: DC-8". CH-Aviation.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.

• "Andean Air Power...The Peruvian Air Force". Air International , May 1988. Vol. 34, No. 5. pp. 224–235, 240.
• Endres, Günter G. World Airline Fleets 1979. Hounslow, UK: Airline Publications and Sales Ltd., 1979. ISBN   0-905117-53-0.
• Francillon, Rene J., McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920, Putnam & Company Ltd, 1979, ISBN   0-370-00050-1.
• Pocock, Chris. Thailand Hones its Air Defences". Air International , Volume 31, No. 3, September 1986. pp. 113–121, 168.