List of Dornier 228 operators

In July 2017, 63 Dornier 228 were in airline service. Other operators include law enforcement, paramilitary operators and military operators.

Civilian operators



 * Aerocardal (3)
 * Agni Air (2) leased to Simrik Airlines
 * Air Caraïbes (3)
 * Air Marshall Islands (2)
 * Air West Coast (2)
 * Alkan Air  (2)
 * Alliance Air (2)
 * APSA Colombia (1)
 * Arcus Air (2)
 * Bighorn Airways (3)
 * Daily Air (4)
 * Divi Divi Air (1)
 * Dornier Aviation Nigeria (9)
 * GAM Aviation (3)
 * German Aerospace Center (2)
 * Gorkha Airlines (2)
 * Inter Island Airways (1)
 * Island Aviation (3)
 * Jagson Airlines (2)
 * Lufttransport (2)
 * National Cartographic Center of Iran (3)
 * New Central Airservice (3)
 * Sevenair (4)
 * Simrik Airlines (2) owned by Agni Air
 * Sita Air (4)
 * Summit Air (5)
 * Vision Airlines (1)
 * MAYAir (2)

Dornier 228-200NG/212NG:
 * Aurigny (2)
 * Lufttransport (1)
 * New Central Airservice (3)
 * Susi Air (3) On order

Police, law enforcement, paramilitary operations



 * 🇫🇮 Finland:
 * Finnish Border Guard
 * Indian Coast Guard – 38 Dornier 228-101 maritime surveillance aircraft
 * 🇮🇷 Iran
 * National Cartographic Center of Iran – 2 Dornier Do-228-212 used for aerial survey
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands
 * Netherlands Coastguard (2)
 * 🇴🇲 Oman
 * Royal Oman Police Air Wing
 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius:
 * Mauritius Coast Guard - 3 Dornier Do-228-212 in service.
 * Marine Fisheries Agency
 * Ministry of Defence (Wet Lease from Summit Air)
 * Marine Fisheries Agency
 * Ministry of Defence (Wet Lease from Summit Air)

Military operators



 * National Air Force of Angola
 * Bangladesh Navy – 4 Dornier 228NG MPA.
 * 🇩🇪 Germany:
 * German Navy – 2 Dornier 228NG (MPA, Recce)
 * Guyana Defence Force - 2 ordered from HAL. Delivered on 1st April 2024.
 * 🇮🇳 India
 * Indian Air Force – operates 53 Dornier 228-201.
 * Indian Navy – operates 26 Dornier 228-201 and have 12 on order.
 * Indian Coast Guard - operates 36 Dornier 228-201.
 * DRDO – 1 Dornier 228 “Nabhratna” used as a flying test bed by LRDE
 * Italian Army Aviation - 3
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi:
 * Military of Malawi – 3
 * 🇲🇻 Maldives:
 * Maldives National Defence Force
 * 🇳🇪 Niger:
 * Niger Air Force – one delivered in 1986
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria:
 * Nigerian Air Force – 1
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles
 * Seychelles Air Force – 2, gifted by India
 * 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
 * Sri Lanka Air Force – 1, +1 on order from HAL
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand
 * Royal Thai Navy – 7 MPA
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela:
 * Venezuelan Air Force – 3 + 7 orders
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand
 * Royal Thai Navy – 7 MPA
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela:
 * Venezuelan Air Force – 3 + 7 orders

Former military operators

 * 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
 * Coast Guard of Cape Verde
 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan
 * Royal Bhutan Army (Bhutan Army Air Wing)
 * 🇩🇪 Germany:
 * German Air Force