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)

 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.