List of Douglas DC-6 operators
A great number of airlines and air forces from several countries included the Douglas DC-6 in their fleets at some point in time. Today most DC-6s are inactive, stored, or preserved in museums; although a number are still flying in northern bush operations in Alaska and Canada, while several are based in Europe and a few other DC-6s are still in operation for small carriers in South America. Below are listed known operators of this airplane, both past and present (♠ indicate Original operators). Civil operators Brothers Air Service (BASCO) Ariana Afghan Airlines Antigua Seagreen Air Transport Aerolíneas Argentinas Aerolineas Ini y Cia Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) Austral (FAMA) ♠ Australian National Airlines (ANA) ♠ Ansett-ANA British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Trans Australia Airlines Belgian International Air Services Delta Air Transport Inair Sabena ♠ Sobelair Transpommair Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (Servicios Aereos Virgen de Copacabna) Lóide Aéreo Nacional ♠ Panair do Brasil Real Transportes Aéreos Varig VASP Air Cambodge Royal Air Cambodge Buffalo Airways Canadian Pacific Air Lines ♠ CP Air Maritime Central Airways ♠ Nordair Pacific Western Transair Wardair Canada Transocean ALFA Chile - Aerolineas Flecha Austral Lineas Aereas del Cobre (Ladeco) Lineas Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN Chile) ♠ Lineas Aereas Sud Americana (LASA) Solastral Taxpa - Taxis Aereos del Pacifico Transglobal Aerovias Condor de Colombia Aerocosta Lineas Aereos Taxader Rutas Aereas Soceidad Aerea Medellin Tampa Cargo Lineas Aereas Costarricenses (LACSA) Transportes Aereos de Integracion (TAISAP) Nordair Sterling Airways Compania Dominicana de Aviacion (CDA) Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador (ANDES) Ecuatoriana United Arab Airlines Aerolineas El Salvador Ethiopian Air Lines ♠ Finlantic Kar Air Aeromaritime d'Affretement Agile Azur Air France Air Inter Airnautic Compagnie de Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux (TAI) ♠ Trans-Union Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) ♠ Elbeflug Germanair Luft-Lloyd Sudflug Sudwestflug Transportflug Olympic Airways ♠ Aviateca ADSA Sahsa Transportes Aéreos Nacionales Cathay Pacific Airways ♠ Icelandair Loftleidir Bayu Indonesia PN Aerial Survey Trans Nusantara Airways Zamrud Airlines Iran Air Persian Air Services Alitalia ♠ Linee Aeree Italiane (LAI) ♠ Societa Aerea Mediterranea (SAM) Air Afrique Japan Air Lines ♠ Air Jordan Alia Kuwait Airways Corporation Trans Arabia Airways Lao United Airlines Royal Air Lao Air Liban ♠ Lebanese International Airways Trans Mediterranean Airways Libavia Interocean Airways Madair Malta International Airways Aerocarga Aeronaves de Mexico Aeromexico Guest Aerovias Mexico Mexicana de Aviación ♠ SAESA Namibia Commercial Aviation Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua (Lanica) KLM ♠ Transavia Caraibische Lucht Transport Mij NV (CLTM) Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) Pan African Airlines Braathens South American and Far East Airtransport Fred. Olsen Airtransport Aerovías Panamá Aero Fletes Internacionales (AFISA) Internacional de Aviacio (Inair) Rutas Aereas Panemenas (RAPSA) Aerolineas Peruanas Faucett Filipinas Orient Airways Philippine Airlines ♠ TAP SATA (Goa) Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa (TAIP) Civil Air Transport ♠ Far Eastern Air Transport Winner Airways Saudi Arabian Airlines Saber Air Central African Airways Corporation (CAAC) Air Vietnam Aviaco Spantax DC-6B, DC-6B-ST TASSA Aero-Nord Internord Aviation Osterman Aero Transair Sweden SAS ♠ Balair Swissair ♠ Syrian Arab Airlines Thai Airways International British West Indian Airways Air Ferry