List of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operators
| List of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operators | |
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| A Canadian Government Twin Otter in 2005 |
The Twin Otter was and is used by dozens of airlines and militaries around the world, and was produced in three main series (100, 200, 300) until 1988. As of 2006, over 40 years after work on the DHC-6 began, more than 500 of this aircraft were still flying. In that year Viking Air purchased the type certificate for the DHC-6 and announced its intention to offer a Series 400 Twin Otter.
Civil operators
Loganair Twin Otter in British Airways Livery at Barra Airport
♠ original operators
Former operators are listed where possible.
- Carib Aviation
- Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) ♠[1] - former operator
- Aeropelican - former operator
- Air Queensland - former operator
- Ansett Australia - former operator
- East-West Airlines (Australia) - former operator
- Flight West Airlines - former operator
- MacRobertson Miller Airlines - former operator
- Trans Australia Airlines - former operator
Trans Maldivian - Transtate Airlines - former operator
- Macair Airlines - former operator
- Regional Pacific Airlines - former operator
Twin Otter taking off from a gravel airstrip near Sila Lodge at Wager Bay (Ukkusiksalik National Park, Nunavut, Canada)
- Adlair Aviation
- Air BC - former operator
- Air Inuit
- Air Labrador
- Air Tindi
- Airtransit - defunct
- AirWest Airlines (Canada)
- Alkan Air
- Arctic Sunwest Charters
- Athabaska Airlines ♠[1]
- Austin Airways - former operator
- Bradley Air Services - (now First Air), former operator
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Air BC Twin Otter being beached
- Calm Air International[1]
- First Air - former operator
- Georgian Bay Airlines ♠[1]
- Harbour Air[1] - current operator of the seaplane version
- Kenn Borek Air[1]
- Labrador Airways[1]
- Manitoba Government Air Services
- Midwest Aviation ♠[1]
- Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) ♠[1] - forest firefighting
- Nakina Air Service
- Norcanair - former operator
- NorOntair - former operator
- North-Wright Airways
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Westcoast Air Twin Otter
- Northwood Airlines ♠[1]
- North Cariboo Air - former operator
- Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) - former operator
- Provincial Airlines
- Ptarmigan Airways[1] - former operator (merged into First Air)
- Sabourin Lake Airways[1]
- Sander Geophysics[2]
- Time Air - former operator
- Torontair - former operator
- Transair - former operator
- Transport Canada - former operator, 15 aircraft[3]
- Transwest Air
- Viking Air
- Wardair Canada ♠[1]
- West Coast Air - former operator acquired by Harbour Air
- TACV Cabo Verde Airlines - former operator
- Aerocord - operates former Los Cedros Aviacion Vistaliner
- Barrick
- Aerovías DAP
- LAN-Chile - former operator, passed aircraft onto Chilean AF
- Varmontt Air - never operated the type, though painted aircraft at Los Cerrillos Airport during the early 2000s.
- China Flying Dragon Aviation
- Civil Aviation Administration of China - former operator
- Aerolínea de Antioquia
- ACES Colombia - former operator
- Aeroejecutivos - former operator
- Aeroexpreso Bogotá - former operator
- Aerotaca - former operator
- Aerovuelos - former operator
- Helicargo - former operator
- Helicol - former operator
- Sociedad Aeronautica de Medellin - former operator
- Tavina - former operator
- Lina Congo - former operator
Twin Otter operated by Nature Air from Costa Rica
- SAP Air Group
Ethiopian Airlines Twin Otter
- East African Airways - former operator
- Kar-Air
- Malmilento
- Skydiving Club of Finland - former operator
- Air Alpes ♠[1]
- Air Antilles Express
- Air Caraïbes - a DHC-6-300 crashed in March 2001 near Saint Barthélemy airport,[4]
- Air Loyauté
- Air Guyane Express
- Bayrischer Flugdienst (BFD) - former operator
- Delta Air - former operator
- General Air ♠[1] - former operator
- HADAG Air - former operator
- Holyday Express - former operator
- DLT - former operator
- OLT - former operator
- AirSea Lines - former operator
- Air Greenland - former operator
Air Iceland Flugfelag Islands Twin Otter
- Guyana Airways - former operator
- Aeralpi[1]
Air Hokkaido Twin Otter
- Air Jamaica Express - former operator
- Air Kenya
- KAL Aviation (KALAIR)
- Skytrail Air Safaris
- MASWings a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines
- Harbourair (Malta)
- Aeronaves de Mexico♠[1]
- Aeronaves Alimentadoras - former operator, now defunct
- Transportes Aereos Terrestes♠[1]
- Montserrat Aviation Services - former operator
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- ALM Antillean Airlines - former operator
- Dutch Caribbean Airlines - former operator
- Windward Islands Airways
- Mount Cook Airline - former operator
- Volcanic Air Safaris
- Pakistan International Airlines - former operator
- Aeroperlas - former operator
- Air Panama
- Airlines PNG
- Hevilift PNG
- Mission Aviation Fellowship
- TAP Portugal - former operator
- LAR - Linhas Aéreas Regionais - former operator
- Crown Air
- Dorado Wings
- Seaborne Airlines (servicing STX and STT of the USVI)
Twin Otter in the Seychelles
- Blue Wing Airlines
- Gum Air
- Surinam Airways - former operator
- Crownair - former operator
- Stockholm Fallskärmsklubb
- Swedair - former operator
- Swedewings - former Operator
- Syd Aero - former operator
- East African Airways - former operator
- Aurigny Air Services (Channel Islands) - former operator
- British Airways (operated by Loganair) - former operator (for British Airways)
- British Antarctic Survey - Aircraft registered in the Falkland Islands
- Jersey European Airways on some services from the Channel Islands in the 1980s - former operator
- Isles of Scilly Skybus
- Loganair operating a franchise from FlyBe.
- North London Skydiving Centre
- Air Commuter ♠[1]
- Air Florida Commuter - former operator
- Air Illinois - former operator
- Air Indies (commuter airline based in San Juan, Puerto Rico) - former operator
- Air New England - former operator
- Air Pacific (United States) (commuter airline based in California) - former operator
- Air Serv International
- Air Wisconsin ♠[1] - former operator
- Alaska Aeronautical Industries (AAI) - scheduled passenger services in Alaska - former operator
- Alaska Airlines - former operator (in addition, Era Aviation separately operated Twin Otters as Alaska Airlines commuter service via a code sharing agreement)
- Allegheny Commuter (operated by Southern Jersey Airways) - former operator
- Aloha Island Air - former operator in the Hawaiian Islands
- Ameriflight - former operator
- Atlantis Airlines - former operator
- Bald Mountain Air Service
- Berry Aviation
- Capitol Air Service - former operator in Kansas
- Cochise Airlines - former operator
- Command Airways - former operator
- Commutair (Texas) - former operator
- Continental Express (operated by Rocky Mountain Airways) - former operator
- Coral Air - former operator in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Crown Air/Dorado Wings - former operator in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
- Crown Airways (Falls Creek, PA) - former operator
- Danbury Airlines - former operator
- Downeast Airlines - former operator
- Eastern Express (Metro Airlines divisions with Caribbean and U.S. domestic routes that provided passenger feed for Eastern Airlines at the San Juan International Airport (SJU) in Puerto Rico and also at Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Texas) - former operator
Grand Canyon Airlines Twin Otter with enlarged windows
- Era Aviation (operated code share services for Alaska Airlines in Alaska) - former operator
- Evergreen Air Spur - former operator in California which was a division of Evergreen International Aviation
- Frontier Airlines - original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) - former operator
- Golden West Airlines - former operator
- Grand Canyon Airlines
- Hammond Air Service - former operator
- Hawaii Jet-Air ♠[1] - former operator
- Herman's Air (operating as MarkAir Express in Alaska) - former operator
- Holiday Airlines (U.S.) - former operator
- Houston Metro Airlines / Metro Airlines / Metroflight Airlines (wholly owned Metro holding company divisions) - former operators
- Island Air - former operator in the northeast U.S.
- Long Island Airlines
- Mackey Airlines (also known as Mackey International) - former operator
- MarkAir Express - former operator
- Mississippi Valley Airlines (MVA) - former operator. Acquired by Air Wisconsin.
- MGM Grand Air - former operator. MGM Grand Air operated a Twin Otter between Los Angeles International (LAX) and John Wayne Airport (SNA) as a feeder service for its transcontinental flights between LAX and New York City.
- Los Angeles Airlines ♠[1]
- NewAir (Formally New Haven Air) - former operator
- New York Airways - former operator. New York Airways was primarily a helicopter airline but also operated the Twin Otter.
- Northern Airways - former operator (subsequent name changes to Air North and then Brockway Air).
- Northern Consolidated Airlines (NCA) ♠[1] - former operator (acquired by Wien Air Alaska which continued to operate these DHC-6 aircraft).
- Ozark Air Lines - former operator
- Pilgrim Airlines ♠[1] - former operator (acquired by Business Express)
- Precision Airlines - former operator
- Princeville Airways (acquired by Aloha Island Air) - former operator
- Resort Commuter Airlines operating as Pan Am Commuter and Trans World Express in California - former operator
- Rio Airways - former operator
- Rocky Mountain Airways - former operator
- Ross Aviation - former operator in New Mexico
- Royale Airlines - former operator (aircraft acquired from Metro Airlines).
- Scenic Airlines
- Shawnee Airlines - former operator
- Southern Jersey Airways - former operator
- South Pacific Island Airways
- Suburban Airlines - former operator
- Sunaire (Aviation Associates, a division of Metro Airlines in the Caribbean operating as Eastern Express on behalf of Eastern Air Lines) - former operator
- Sun Valley Airlines (name changes to Sun Valley Key Airlines and then Key Airlines) - former operator
- Trans East International ♠[1] - former operator
- WestAir / WestAir Commuter Airlines - former operator
- Wien Air Alaska - former operator
- Aeropostal - former operator
- Aereotuy - former operator
Military and government operators
Including police users.
Canadian Armed Forces Twin Otter
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Chilean Air Force Twin Otter
- Royal Canadian Air Force (formerly Canadian Forces)[1] - CC-138 (DHC-6-300) - Operated by 440 Transport Squadron in Yellowknife, NT
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Canadian Coast Guard (one aircraft operated by Transport Canada for the Canadian Coast Guard)
- Ecuadorian Air Force (TAME)[1]
- Mexican Air Force - former operator
- Mexican Navy - former operator
- Nepalese Army Air Service - former operator
- Nepalese Royal Flight[1]
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Norwegian Air Force Twin Otter
- Royal Norwegian Air Force[1] (Retired from active service)
- Panamanian Air Force[1] (until 1988)
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Fuerza Aérea del Peru Twin Otter
- Presidencia de la República del Paraguay - one DHC-6-200 (1968–1989), aircraft transferred to the Paraguayan Air Force in 1989
- Paraguayan Air Force[1]
- Peruvian Air Force[1](12 series-400 recently purchase + 5 legacy series)
- Peruvian Navy
- Sudanese Air Force - one photo survey aircraft operated by Sudan Airways for the air force.[1]
US Air Force UV-18B (Twin Otter)
- Ugandan Air Force
- Uganda Police Force Air Wing [1]
- Air America
- United States Air Force[1]
- United States Army[1]
- NASA[1]
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Ordered by Vietnamese Navy, delivery expected 2012-2014[8]
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Eastwood 1990, pp.119-147
- ↑ "Sander Geophysics Acquires Twin Otter Survey Aircraft." Sander Geophysics, July 13, 2010. Retrieved: June 23, 2010.
- ↑ Transport Canada (15 March 2015). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register - Historical Information". Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ St Barth: le crash du col de la Tourmente (12 pictures, a trajectory map, a document from french Accident Inquiry Bureau aka BEA)
- ↑ "Our Plane." Skykef, 2010. Retrieved: September 27, 2010.
- ↑ The Israeli aviation history site, 2012. (Hebrew).
- ↑ Lao Air Fleet
- ↑ "Vietnamese Navy Orders DHC-6 Twin-Otter 400s." Defense Industry Daily, 2010. Retrieved: May 15, 2010.
Bibliography
- Eastwood, Tony; John Roach (1990). Turbo Prop Airliner Production List. The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0 907178 32 4.
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