List of Douglas DC-6 operators

A great number of airlines and air forces from several countries included the Douglas DC-6 in their fleets at some point in time. Today most DC-6s are inactive, stored, or preserved in museums; although a number are still flying in northern bush operations in Alaska and Canada, while several are based in Europe and a few other DC-6s are still in operation for small carriers in South America.

Below are listed known operators of this airplane, both past and present (♠ indicate Original operators).

Civil operators

 * Aden
 * Brothers Air Service (BASCO)
 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
 * Ariana Afghan Airlines
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua
 * Seagreen Air Transport
 * Aerolíneas Argentinas
 * Aerolineas Ini y Cia
 * Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA)
 * Austral
 * (FAMA) ♠
 * Australian National Airlines (ANA) ♠
 * Ansett-ANA
 * British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines
 * Trans Australia Airlines
 * Belgian International Air Services
 * Delta Air Transport
 * Inair
 * Sabena ♠
 * Sobelair
 * Transpommair
 * Lloyd Aereo Boliviano
 * (Servicios Aereos Virgen de Copacabna)
 * Lóide Aéreo Nacional ♠
 * Panair do Brasil
 * Real Transportes Aéreos
 * Varig
 * VASP
 * Air Cambodge
 * Royal Air Cambodge
 * 🇨🇦 Canada
 * Buffalo Airways
 * Canadian Pacific Air Lines ♠
 * CP Air
 * Maritime Central Airways ♠
 * Nordair
 * Pacific Western
 * Transair
 * Wardair Canada
 * Transocean
 * ALFA Chile - Aerolineas Flecha Austral
 * Lineas Aereas del Cobre (Ladeco)
 * Lineas Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN Chile) ♠
 * Lineas Aereas Sud Americana (LASA)
 * Solastral
 * Taxpa - Taxis Aereos del Pacifico
 * Transglobal
 * Aerovias Condor de Colombia
 * Aerocosta
 * Lineas Aereos Taxader
 * Rutas Aereas Soceidad Aerea Medellin
 * Tampa Cargo
 * Lineas Aereas Costarricenses (LACSA)
 * Transportes Aereos de Integracion (TAISAP)
 * Nordair
 * Sterling Airways
 * Compania Dominicana de Aviacion (CDA)
 * Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador (ANDES)
 * Ecuatoriana
 * United Arab Airlines
 * Aerolineas El Salvador
 * Ethiopian Air Lines ♠
 * Finlantic
 * Kar Air
 * Aeromaritime d'Affretement
 * Agile Azur
 * Air France
 * Air Inter
 * Airnautic
 * Compagnie de Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux (TAI) ♠
 * Trans-Union
 * Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) ♠
 * Elbeflug
 * Germanair
 * Luft-Lloyd
 * Sudflug
 * Sudwestflug
 * Transportflug
 * 🇬🇷 Greece
 * Olympic Airways ♠
 * Aviateca
 * ADSA
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * Sahsa
 * Transportes Aéreos Nacionales
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
 * Cathay Pacific Airways ♠
 * Icelandair
 * Loftleidir
 * Bayu Indonesia
 * PN Aerial Survey
 * Trans Nusantara Airways
 * Zamrud Airlines
 * 🇮🇷 Iran
 * Iran Air
 * Persian Air Services
 * Alitalia ♠
 * Linee Aeree Italiane (LAI) ♠
 * Societa Aerea Mediterranea (SAM)
 * Air Afrique
 * Japan Air Lines ♠
 * Air Jordan
 * Alia
 * Kuwait Airways Corporation
 * Trans Arabia Airways
 * Lao United Airlines
 * Royal Air Lao
 * Air Liban ♠
 * Lebanese International Airways
 * Trans Mediterranean Airways
 * 🇱🇾 Libya
 * Libavia
 * Interocean Airways
 * Madair
 * Malta International Airways
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico
 * Aerocarga
 * Aeronaves de Mexico
 * Aeromexico
 * Guest Aerovias Mexico
 * Mexicana de Aviación ♠
 * SAESA
 * Namibia Commercial Aviation
 * Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua (Lanica)
 * KLM ♠
 * Transavia
 * Caraibische Lucht Transport Mij NV (CLTM)
 * Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL)
 * Pan African Airlines
 * Braathens South American and Far East Airtransport
 * Fred. Olsen Airtransport
 * Aerovías Panamá
 * Aero Fletes Internacionales (AFISA)
 * Internacional de Aviacio (Inair)
 * Rutas Aereas Panemenas (RAPSA)
 * Aerolineas Peruanas
 * Faucett
 * $\phi$
 * Filipinas Orient Airways
 * Philippine Airlines ♠
 * TAP
 * SATA
 * Portuguese India (Goa)
 * Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa (TAIP)
 * Civil Air Transport ♠
 * Far Eastern Air Transport
 * Winner Airways
 * Saudi Arabian Airlines
 * Saber Air
 * Southern Rhodesia
 * Central African Airways Corporation (CAAC)
 * South Vietnam
 * Air Vietnam
 * Aviaco
 * Spantax DC-6B, DC-6B-ST
 * TASSA
 * Namibia Commercial Aviation
 * Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua (Lanica)
 * KLM ♠
 * Transavia
 * Caraibische Lucht Transport Mij NV (CLTM)
 * Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL)
 * Pan African Airlines
 * Braathens South American and Far East Airtransport
 * Fred. Olsen Airtransport
 * Aerovías Panamá
 * Aero Fletes Internacionales (AFISA)
 * Internacional de Aviacio (Inair)
 * Rutas Aereas Panemenas (RAPSA)
 * Aerolineas Peruanas
 * Faucett
 * $\phi$
 * Filipinas Orient Airways
 * Philippine Airlines ♠
 * TAP
 * SATA
 * Portuguese India (Goa)
 * Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa (TAIP)
 * Civil Air Transport ♠
 * Far Eastern Air Transport
 * Winner Airways
 * Saudi Arabian Airlines
 * Saber Air
 * Southern Rhodesia
 * Central African Airways Corporation (CAAC)
 * South Vietnam
 * Air Vietnam
 * Aviaco
 * Spantax DC-6B, DC-6B-ST
 * TASSA
 * Far Eastern Air Transport
 * Winner Airways
 * Saudi Arabian Airlines
 * Saber Air
 * Southern Rhodesia
 * Central African Airways Corporation (CAAC)
 * South Vietnam
 * Air Vietnam
 * Aviaco
 * Spantax DC-6B, DC-6B-ST
 * TASSA
 * Aviaco
 * Spantax DC-6B, DC-6B-ST
 * TASSA
 * Aero-Nord
 * Internord Aviation
 * Osterman Aero
 * Transair Sweden
 * SAS ♠
 * Balair
 * Swissair ♠
 * Syrian Arab Airlines
 * Thai Airways International
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
 * British West Indian Airways
 * Air Ferry
 * Air Atlantique, now West Atlantic; a former cargo carrier based in Coventry, England.
 * British Eagle
 * British United Airways
 * Caledonian Airways
 * Cloudmaster
 * Cunard Eagle Airways
 * Eagle Aviation Ltd
 * Hunting-Clan Air Transport ♠
 * Lloyd International Airways
 * Aaxico Airlines
 * Admiral Airlines
 * Aero Union
 * Air America
 * Air Cargo Express
 * Alaska Airlines
 * All American Airlines
 * American Airlines ♠
 * ASA International
 * BirdAir
 * Braniff International Airways ♠
 * Capital Airlines
 * Conner Airlines
 * Continental Airlines ♠
 * Currey Air Transport
 * Delta Air Lines ♠
 * Eastern Air Lines
 * Everts Air
 * Flying Tiger Line ♠
 * General Airways
 * Great Lakes Airlines ♠
 * Hawaiian Airlines
 * Holiday Airlines (US airline)
 * International Airlines
 * Lance Air Transport
 * Los Angeles Air Service
 * Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball team, DC-6B used for one season (1961)
 * Macavia International (spraying)
 * Mackey Airlines
 * Mercer Airlines
 * NASA
 * National Airlines ♠
 * Lance Air Transport
 * Los Angeles Air Service
 * Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball team, DC-6B used for one season (1961)
 * Macavia International (spraying)
 * Mackey Airlines
 * Mercer Airlines
 * NASA
 * National Airlines ♠
 * North American Airlines ♠
 * Northeast Airlines
 * Northern Air Cargo
 * Northeast Airlines ♠
 * Northwest Orient Airlines ♠
 * Overseas National Airways ♠
 * Pacific Southwest Airlines
 * Pan American-Grace Airways ♠
 * Pan American World Airways ♠
 * President Airlines
 * Purdue Aeronautics
 * Reeve Aleutian Airways
 * Riddle Airlines ♠
 * Shamrock Air Lines
 * Sis-Q Flying Service (spraying)
 * Slick Airways ♠
 * Southern Air Transport
 * Span East Airlines
 * Standard Airways
 * Trans Alaskan Airlines
 * Trans American Airlines ♠
 * Trans Caribbean Airways ♠
 * Trans International Airlines
 * Transocean Air Lines
 * Twentieth Century Aircraft
 * United Air Lines ♠
 * Universal Airlines
 * US Overseas Airlines
 * Western Airlines ♠
 * Winner Airways
 * World Airways
 * Zantop Air Transport
 * Avensa
 * Rutas Aereas Nacionales (RANSA)
 * Yemen Airlines
 * Adria Airways
 * Inex-Adria
 * Jugoslovenski Aerotransport {JAT} ♠
 * Adria Airways
 * Inex-Adria
 * Jugoslovenski Aerotransport {JAT} ♠

Military operators

 * Argentine Air Force
 * Belgian Air Force (Four operated from 1960)
 * Bolivian Air Force
 * Brazilian Air Force
 * Chilean Air Force
 * Chinese Nationalist Air Force
 * Colombian Air Force
 * Ecuadorian Air Force
 * Salvadoran Air Force
 * French Air Force
 * French Navy
 * German Air Force
 * Guatemalan Air Force
 * 🇭🇳 Honduras
 * Honduran Air Force
 * Italian Air Force operated six former civilian aircraft from 1962 until 1981
 * Republic of Korea Air Force
 * Mexican Air Force
 * Royal New Zealand Air Force
 * No. 40 Squadron RNZAF
 * Panama Air Force
 * Paraguayan Air Force
 * Peruvian Air Force
 * Portuguese Air Force
 * United States Air Force ♠
 * United States Navy ♠
 * South Vietnam
 * Republic of Vietnam Air Force
 * Yugoslav Air Force
 * Zambian Air Force
 * Republic of Korea Air Force
 * Mexican Air Force
 * Royal New Zealand Air Force
 * No. 40 Squadron RNZAF
 * Panama Air Force
 * Paraguayan Air Force
 * Peruvian Air Force
 * Portuguese Air Force
 * United States Air Force ♠
 * United States Navy ♠
 * South Vietnam
 * Republic of Vietnam Air Force
 * Yugoslav Air Force
 * Zambian Air Force
 * United States Air Force ♠
 * United States Navy ♠
 * South Vietnam
 * Republic of Vietnam Air Force
 * Yugoslav Air Force
 * Zambian Air Force
 * Yugoslav Air Force
 * Zambian Air Force
 * Zambian Air Force