List of original DC-3 operators
The List of Douglas DC-3 operators lists only the original customers who purchased new aircraft.
With the availability of large numbers of surplus military C-47 Skytrain or Dakotas after the Second World nearly every airline and military force in the 1940s and 1950s operated the aircraft at some point. At the end of the 20th century and into the 21st century the Douglas DC-3 is still in commercial operation.
Commercial operators
- American Airlines
- Braniff Airways
- Capital Airlines - the only purchaser of the DC-3S Super DC-3 post-war variant[2]
- Chicago and Southern Air Lines
- Colonial Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Eastern Air Lines
- Northwest Airlines
- Pan American World Airways
- Pennsylvania Central Airlines
- Transcontinental & Western Air
- United Airlines
- Western Air Express
Military operators
- Includes aircraft built for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force but taken over before delivery following the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies[3]
See also
References
- O'Leary, Michael (1992). DC-3 and C-47 Gooney Birds. Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-87938-543-X.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Pearcy, Arthur (1987). Douglas DC-3 Survivors. Bourne End, Buckinghamshire: Aston Publications. ISBN 0-946627-13-4.
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