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
- Belgian International Air Services
- CargoLion
- Delta Air Transport
- Pomair
- 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)
- 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
- Fast Air
- LanChile Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
- Tampa Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
- Hewa Bora Airways
- Kinshasa Airways
- Trans Air Cargo Service
- 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 ♠
- 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
- Airlift International
- Air Charter Express
- Ghana Airways
- Johnsons Air
- Meridian Airways
- MK Airlines
- Icelandair
- Loftleidir (DC-8 aircraft also operated by subsidiary International Air Bahama)
- Aer Turas
- Translift Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
- African Safari Airways
- Kenya Airways
- Ribway Cargo Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
- Liberia World Airways
- United African Airlines
- Aeroleón
- Aeroméxico
- Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, Mas Air
- Aeronaves de Mexico ♠
- Aeropostal Cargo de México
- Mexicana de Aviación
- Transportación Aérea Mexicana (TAM)
- KLM ♠ (fleet included mixed passenger/freight DC-8 combi aircraft)
- Martinair
- Air New Zealand ♠
- Southern World Airlines
- TEAL
- Trans Sahel Airlines
- Trans-Air Service (leased from Middle East Airlines)
- Pakistan International Airlines (Fleet included of 1 leased DC-8-21F and 1 leased DC-8-71CF for cargo flights)
- Air Panamá Internacional
- Arrow Cargo Panamá
- International Air Panamá (INAIR Panamá)
- Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP) (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
- Aerolíneas Peruanas (APSA)
- Aeronaves del Perú
- AeroPerú
- APISA Air Cargo
- Faucett
- Skybus Jet Cargo (currently operated two converted DC-8 freighters)
- 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)
- Saber Air
- Air Cargo Spain
- Air Spain
- Aviaco
- Cargosur
- Cygnus Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
- Iberia ♠
- Spantax
- Expo Aviation (FitsAir)
- African International Airlines
- Air Sweden (founded as Time Air Sweden. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
- Interswede
- Bravo Cargo Services
- 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 (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)
- 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
- VIASA ♠
- Zambia Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
Military and government operators
- Congolese Air Force[4] - One remained in use in late 2016.[5]
- Government of Gabon (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
- Government of Oman (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
- Peruvian Air Force (two DC-8-62-CFs purchased in 1982–83 for the Presidential flight.)[7]
- Royal Thai Air Force (two DC-8-62AFs acquired in 1982. Locally designated B.L.10 (Thai: บ.ล.๑๐).)[8][9]
- Government of Togo (operated by BTL - Base de Transport de Lomé)[10]
- 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
- ^ http://www.airliners.net, photos of DC-8-71 and DC-8-73 aircraft (advanced search)
- ^ Endres 1979, pp. 17–18.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 28.
- ^ "Aircraft Quick Search: DC-8". CH-Aviation.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Last Military DC-8". Air International. Vol. 92, no. 3. March 2017. p. 27. ISSN 0306-5634.
- ^ Francillon 1979, p. 597.
- ^ Air International May 1988, p. 232.
- ^ Pocock 1986, p. 119.
- ^ "Thai Military Aircraft Designations". designation-systems.net. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ "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.