List of Douglas DC-7 operators explained

Operators of the Douglas DC-7 past and present:

Civil operators

• SABENA - received 10 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• ARCO Bermuda

• Panair do Brasil - received 4 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• Pacific Western Airlines

• Conair
• Flying Enterprise
• Scandinavian Airlines System - received 14 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• AREA Ecuador

• Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux - received 3 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.
• Transports Aériens Réunis

• Affretair

• Atlantis
• Sudflug

• Transportes Aéreos Nacionales (TAN Airlines)

• Persian Air Services

• Aer Turas
• Shannon Air

• Alitalia - received 6 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• Air Caribbean Transport

• Japan Air Lines - received 4 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• Royal Jordanian Airlines

• Lebanese International Airways

• Mexicana - received 3 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• KLM - received 15 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.
• Martinair
• Schreiner Airways

• Scandinavian Airlines System

• Aerovías Panamá
• Talingo Airlines

• Aerolíneas Peruanas

• Fleeming Air System Transport

• Spantax
• TAE – Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces
• TASSA
• Transeuropa Compañía de Aviación

• Affretair
• Air Trans Africa

• South African Airways - received 4 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.

• Internord
• Ostermanair Charter
• Scandinavian Airlines System
• Swedish Red Cross
• Transair Sweden

• Swissair - received 5 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.

• British Overseas Airways Corporation - received 10 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.
• Caledonian Airways
• Dan-Air
• Trans Meridian

• 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.
• Braniff Airways - received 7 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.
• Continental Air Lines - received 6 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.
• Delta Air Lines - received 10 DC-7s and 11 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.
• Eastern Air Lines - received 50 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Interocean Airlines
• Liberty Air
• National Airlines - received 4 DC-7s and 4 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.
• Northwest Orient Airlines - received 14 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.
• Overseas National Airways
• Pan American-Grace Airways - received 6 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.
• Pan American World Airways - received 7 DC-7Bs and 26 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.
• Riddle Airlines
• Saturn Airways
• Standard Airways
• United Airlines - received 57 DC-7s as new build aircraft.
• United States Forest Service
• Universal Airlines
• United States Overseas Airlines
• Vance International Airways
• Zantop Air Transport

Military operators

• Colombian Air Force 1 x DC-7B and 1 x DC-7C

• French Air Force 3 x DC-7C

• Mexican Air Force 1 x DC-7B

• Nigerian Air Force - 1 × DC-7C briefly operated in 1968 during the Biafran War

• Rhodesian Air Force 1 x DC-7C

References

• Book: Draper, Michael I. . Shadows: Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria 1967–1970 . 1999 . Aldershot, UK . Hikoki Publications . 1-902109-63-5.
• Book: Gann, Harry . Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 . Airliner Tech . 4 . 1999 . North Branch, Minnesota, USA . Speciality Press . 1-58007-017-5.