List of Vickers Viscount operators explained

The following is a list of past and present operators of the Vickers Viscount.

Civil operators

♠ Original operators

• 318975 Ontario Ltd.^[1]
• 515489 Ontario Ltd^[2]
• ASS - Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd^[3]
• Aden Airways
• Aer Lingus ♠
• Aeropostal
• Aero Clube de São Paulo^[4]
• Aero Clube Rio Claro^[5]
• Aero Flite Inc.^[6]
• Aero Jet Services Inc.^[7]
• Aero Sierra de Durango S.A.^[8]
• Aeroclube de Brazil^[9]
• Aeroelectronica^[10]
• Aeroeslava^[11]
• Aeroleasing & Sales Ltd^[12]
• Aerolineas Condor^[13]
• Aerolineas Republica^[14]
• Aerolineas TAO^[15]
• Aeropark^[16]
• Aeropesca Colombia^[17]
• Aerovias del Cesar (Aerocesar Columbia)^[18]
• Air Algerie^[19]
• Air Anglia^[20]
• Air Botswana^[21]
• Air Canada ♠
• Air Caravane
• Air Bridge Carriers
• Air Ferry
• Air France ♠
• Air Inter
• Air International UK
• Air Malawi
• Air Ogooue^[22]
• Air Rhodesia
• Airwork Services ♠
• Alidair
• Alitalia ♠
• All Nippon Airways ♠
• Aloha Airlines
• Ansett ♠
• Arkia Airlines
• Atlantic Gulf Airlines
• Austrian Airlines ♠
• Bahamas Airways
• BKS Air Transport
• Braathens SAFE
• British Air Ferries
• British Airways
• British Eagle
• British European Airways ♠
• British Midland
• British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
• British United Airways
• British West Indian Airways (BWIA) ♠
• British World Airlines
• Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
• Butler Air Transport ♠
• CAAC Airlines ♠
• Cambrian Airways
• Capital Airlines ♠
• Central African Airways ♠
• Channel Airways
• Condor Flugdienst
• Continental Airlines ♠
• Cubana ♠
• Cyprus Airways
• Dan-Air
• Eagle Airways ♠
• Euroair Transport
• Ecuato Guineana de Aviación
• Far Eastern Air Transport
• Fred. Olsen Airtransport ♠
• Ghana Airways ♠
• Guernsey Airlines
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Hong Kong Airways ♠
• Hunting Clan ♠
• Icelandair (As Air Iceland)
• Indian Airlines ♠
• Intra Airways
• Invicta International Airlines
• Iran Air ♠
• Iraqi Airways ♠
• Istituto tecnico De Pinedo Colonna
• Janus Airways
• Kestrel Airways
• KLM ♠
• Kuwait Airways
• LOT Polish Airlines (3 in 1962-1967)^[23]
• Líneas Aéreas Canarias
  • LANICA Línea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) ♠
• London European Airways
• Lufthansa ♠
• MacRobertson Miller Airlines
• Maitland Drewery Aviation
• Malayan Airways
• Mandala Airlines
• Manx Airlines
• Maritime Central Airways
• Merpati Nusantara Airlines
• Middle East Airlines (MEA) ♠
• Misrair - United Arab Airlines ♠
• National Airways Corporation ♠
• Northeast Airlines
• Northeast Airlines ♠
• Pakistan International Airlines ♠
• Philippine Airlines ♠
• Progressive Airways
• PLUNA ♠
• Royal American Airways
• SAETA (Sociedad Anónima Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aéreos)
• Silver City Airways
• Skybus
• Somali Airlines
• South African Airways ♠
• Southern International
• Starways
• Sudan Airways ♠
• TAO
• Transair (Canada)
• Transair (UK)
• Transporte Aéreo de Colombia ♠
• TACA International Airlines (TACA)
• Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) ♠
• Trans Canada Air Lines (TCA)
• Turkish Airlines (THY) ♠
• VASP ♠
• Union of Burma Airways ♠
• United Airlines
• Virgin Atlantic
• Zambia Airways

Military operators

♠ Original operators

• Royal Australian Air Force
  • No. 34 Squadron RAAF - Two Type 839s bought in 1964 with VIP interior,^[24] sold in 1969.

• Brazilian Air Force ♠ - One Type 742 delivered in November 1956 and one Type 789 December 1957 both with VIP interior.^{[25] [26]} The Type 742 was damaged beyond repair in a heavy landing in 1967, the Type 789 was withdrawn from use in 1970.

• People's Liberation Army Air Force - One Type 734 bought from Pakistan in 1970, two Type 843s transferred from Civil Aviation Administration of China in 1983.

• Indian Air Force ♠ - One Type 723 delivered in December 1955 and one Type 730 in January 1956, both aircraft identical apart from slight differences in VIP interiors, both sold in 1967.^[27]

• Sultan of Oman Air Force - Two Type 816s bought in 1971, two Type 814s bought in 1972 and two Type 808s bought in 1973. One Type 808 crashed on delivery and the five survivors were all sold between 1976 and 1979.

• Pakistan Air Force ♠ - One Type 734 delivered in March 1956 with VIP interior. Sold to Chinese Air Force in 1970.

South Africa

• South African Air Force
  • No. 21 Squadron SAAF ♠ - One Type 781 delivered in June 1958 with VIP interior.^[28]

• Turkish Air Force - Two Type 794Ds bought in 1971 with another bought in 1972.

• Empire Test Pilots School - One Type 744 and one Type 745 bought in 1962 and withdrawn from use in 1971 and 1972.
• Royal Radar Establishment - One Type 837 bought in 1964 and one Type 838 bought in 1965.

Corporate and government operators

The Viscount was also operated by corporate operators particularly in the United States, the following bought the aircraft new:

• Canadian Department of Transport ♠ - One Type 737 delivered in March 1955.^[29] was followed by a Type 797 in 1957^[30]
• Iranian Government ♠ - One Type 839 delivered in May 1961
• Standard Oil Company ♠ - One Type 765 delivered in 1957.
• United States Steel Corporation ♠ - Three Type 764s delivered in 1956.^[31]
• Union Carbide ♠ - One Type 839 delivered in 1959.^[32]

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Andrews, C.F. and E.B. Morgan. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London: Putnam, Second Edition, 1988. .
• Eastwood, Tony. and Roach, John Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. West Drayton, UK: Aviation Hobby Shop, 1990. .
• Turner, P. St. John. Handbook of the Vickers Viscount. London: Ian Allan Publishing, 1968. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 318975 Ontario Ltd . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
2. Web site: 515489 Ontario Ltd . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
3. Web site: ASS - Australian Aircraft Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
4. Web site: Aero Clube de São Paulo . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
5. Web site: Aero Club Rio Claro . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
6. Web site: Aero Flite Inc. . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
7. Web site: Aero Jet Services Inc. . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
8. Web site: Aero Sierra de Durango S.A. . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
9. Web site: Aeroclube de Brazil . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
10. Web site: Aeroelectronica . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
11. Web site: Aeroeslava . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
12. Web site: Aeroleasing & Sales Ltd . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
13. Web site: Aerolineas Condor . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
14. Web site: Aerolineas Republica . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
15. Web site: Aerolineas TAO . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
16. Web site: Aeropark . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
17. Web site: Aeropesca Colombia . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
18. Web site: Aerovias del Cesar (Aerocesar Columbia) . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
19. Web site: Air Algerie . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
20. Web site: Air Anglia . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
21. Web site: Air Botswana . Vickers Viscount Network . 2015-11-04.
22. Web site: Air Ogooue . Airline History . 5 March 2022.
23. Jońca, Adam (1986) Samoloty linii lotniczych 1957-1981, WKiŁ, Warsaw,, p.6
24. Turner 1968, p. 154
25. Turner 1968, p. 150
26. Turner 1968, p. 152
27. Turner 1968, p. 149
28. Turner 1968, p. 151
29. Turner 1968, p. 158
30. Turner 1968, p.163
31. Turner 1968, p. 162
32. Turner 1968, p. 170