List of Vickers Viscount operators

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The following is a list of past and present operators of the Vickers Viscount.

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Civil operators

♠ Original operators

Military operators

♠ Original operators

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Corporate and government operators

The Viscount was also operated by corporate operators particularly in the United States, the following bought the aircraft new:

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ "318975 Ontario Ltd". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  2. ↑ "515489 Ontario Ltd". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  3. ↑ "ASS - Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Eastwood/Roach 1990, pp. 381-400
  5. ↑ "Aero Clube de São Paulo". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  6. ↑ "Aero Club Rio Claro". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  7. ↑ "Aero Flite Inc". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  8. ↑ "Aero Jet Services Inc". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  9. ↑ "Aero Sierra de Durango S.A." Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  10. ↑ "Aeroclube de Brazil". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  11. ↑ "Aeroelectronica". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  12. ↑ "Aeroeslava". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  13. ↑ "Aeroleasing & Sales Ltd". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  14. ↑ "Aerolineas Condor". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  15. ↑ "Aerolineas Republica". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  16. ↑ "Aerolineas TAO". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  17. ↑ "Aeropark". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  18. ↑ "Aeropesca Colombia". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  19. ↑ "Aerovias del Cesar (Aerocesar Columbia)". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  20. ↑ "Air Algerie". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  21. ↑ "Air Anglia". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  22. ↑ "Air Botswana". Vickers Viscount Network. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  23. ↑ "Air Ogooue". Airline History. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  24. ↑ Andrews and Morgan 1988, p. 548.
  25. ↑ Jońca, Adam (1986) Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957-1981, WKiŁ, Warsaw, ISBN   83-206-0530-X (in Polish), p.6
  26. ↑ Turner 1968, p. 154
  27. ↑ Turner 1968, p. 150
  28. ↑ Turner 1968, p. 152
  29. 1 2 Turner 1968, p. 149
  30. ↑ Turner 1968, p. 151
  31. ↑ Turner 1968, p. 158
  32. ↑ Turner 1968, p.163
  33. 1 2 Turner 1968, p. 162
  34. ↑ Turner 1968, p. 170
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