List of Douglas DC-8 operators

The following is a list of past and present operators of the Douglas DC-8 including those airlines which flew converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft:

♠ - Denotes original DC-8 operators

Civil operators

 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * Austrian Airlines
 * Belgian International Air Services
 * CargoLion
 * Delta Air Transport
 * Pomair
 * BETA Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * DiGregorio Digex
 * Panair do Brasil
 * Skymaster Airlines
 * Transportes Charter do Brasil
 * Varig
 * VASP (fleet included former Air Canada Cargo Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Air Canada (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft operated by Air Canada Cargo)
 * Canadian Pacific Airlines ♠ (later renamed CP Air)
 * Minerve Canada
 * Nationair Canada
 * Nordair (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Points of Call Airlines
 * Quebecair
 * Swiftair Cargo
 * Trans-Canada Airlines ♠ (became Air Canada)
 * Worldways Canada
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
 * Cayman Airways
 * 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
 * Air Centrafrique
 * Ceylon
 * Air Ceylon
 * 🇨🇱 Chile
 * Fast Air
 * LanChile Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia
 * Tampa Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Zaire
 * Air Zaïre
 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
 * Air Afrique ♠
 * Cubana
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus
 * Cyprus Airways
 * Trans Air Cargo Service
 * Hewa Bora Airways
 * Kinshasa Airways
 * Scanair
 * Sterling Airways
 * Finnair
 * Kar-Air
 * Spear Air
 * Aéromaritime
 * Air France
 * Aire d'Evasions (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Minerve (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Point Air
 * Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) ♠
 * Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) ♠
 * UTA ♠
 * Atlantis ♠
 * Condor (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * German Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Lufthansa
 * Lufthansa Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Südflug
 * Airlift International
 * Air Charter Express
 * Ghana Airways
 * Johnsons Air
 * Meridian Airways
 * MK Airlines
 * Lufthansa
 * Lufthansa Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Südflug
 * Airlift International
 * Air Charter Express
 * Ghana Airways
 * Johnsons Air
 * Meridian Airways
 * MK Airlines
 * MK Airlines


 * Icelandair
 * Loftleidir (DC-8 aircraft also operated by subsidiary International Air Bahama)
 * Loftleidir (DC-8 aircraft also operated by subsidiary International Air Bahama)


 * Air India
 * Air India


 * Garuda Indonesia
 * Garuda Indonesia


 * Aer Turas
 * Translift Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Alitalia ♠
 * Aeral
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica
 * Air Jamaica
 * Japan Air Lines ♠
 * Japan Asia Airways
 * African Safari Airways
 * Kenya Airways
 * Ribway Cargo Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * 🇱🇷 Liberia
 * Liberia World Airways
 * United African Airlines
 * Cargolux
 * Maldives Airways
 * Aeroleón
 * Aeroméxico
 * Aerotransportes Mas de Carga, Mas Air
 * Aeronaves de Mexico ♠
 * Aeropostal Cargo de México
 * Mexicana de Aviación
 * Transportación Aérea Mexicana (TAM)
 * KLM ♠ (fleet included mixed passenger/freight DC-8 combi aircraft)
 * Martinair
 * Air New Zealand ♠
 * Southern World Airlines
 * TEAL
 * Trans Sahel Airlines
 * Pakistan International Airlines (Fleet included of 1 leased DC-8-21F and 1 leased DC-8-71CF for cargo flights)
 * Air Panamá Internacional
 * Arrow Cargo Panamá
 * International Air Panamá (INAIR Panamá)
 * Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas (LAP) (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Aerolíneas Peruanas (APSA)
 * Aeronaves del Perú
 * AeroPerú
 * APISA Air Cargo
 * Faucett
 * $\phi$
 * Philippine Airlines ♠
 * Lot Polish Airlines (one Super DC-8-62 leased from Arrow Air in 1987-1988 for servicing the transatlantic line after the loss of one Il-62M)
 * 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)
 * Scandinavian Airlines System ♠
 * Saber Air
 * African International Airways
 * Korean Air
 * Air Cargo Spain
 * Air Spain
 * Aviaco
 * Cargosur
 * Cygnus Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Iberia ♠
 * Spantax
 * $\phi$
 * Philippine Airlines ♠
 * Lot Polish Airlines (one Super DC-8-62 leased from Arrow Air in 1987-1988 for servicing the transatlantic line after the loss of one Il-62M)
 * 🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)
 * Scandinavian Airlines System ♠
 * Saber Air
 * African International Airways
 * Korean Air
 * Air Cargo Spain
 * Air Spain
 * Aviaco
 * Cargosur
 * Cygnus Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Iberia ♠
 * Spantax
 * Aviaco
 * Cargosur
 * Cygnus Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Iberia ♠
 * Spantax


 * Expo Aviation (FitsAir)
 * Surinam Airways
 * Surinam Airways
 * Surinam Airways


 * African International Airlines
 * African International Airlines


 * Air Sweden (founded as Time Air Sweden. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Interswede
 * Interswede


 * Balair
 * SATA Société Anonyme de Transports Aérien Genève
 * Swissair ♠
 * Brisair
 * Air Siam
 * Thai Airways
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * Birgenair
 * Bravo Cargo Services
 * British Cargo Airlines
 * IAS Cargo Airlines
 * Transmeridian Air Cargo
 * ABX Air
 * Airborne Express
 * Airlift International ♠
 * Air Marshall Islands (operated a mixed passenger/freight DC-8-62 combi aircraft)
 * American Flyers Airline ♠
 * American International Airways
 * Arrow Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Astar Air Cargo (previously operated as DHL Airways. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft flying for DHL)
 * Air Transport International (ATI) (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * BAX Global (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Braniff International Airways ♠
 * Capitol International Airways ♠
 * Challenge Air Cargo (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Delta Air Lines ♠ (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Eastern Airlines ♠
 * Emery Worldwide (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Evergreen International Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft. Evergreen also operated a DC-8-73 for Air India Cargo)
 * FedEx Express (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft formerly operated by Flying Tiger Line)
 * Flagship Express (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Flying Tiger Line ♠ (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Gulf Air Transport (renamed Trans Ocean Airways. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Hawaiian Airlines
 * Kalitta Air (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * MGM Grand Air
 * National Airlines ♠
 * National Airlines (N8) (cargo operator. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Northwest Orient Airlines ♠
 * Overseas National Airways ♠
 * Pacific East Air
 * Pan American World Airways ♠
 * Pan American-Grace Airways ♠ (also known as Panagra)
 * Rich International Airways
 * Samaritan's Purse (currently operates a converted DC-8-72CF aircraft)
 * Saturn Airways ♠
 * Seaboard World Airlines ♠
 * Southern Air Transport (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Skybus Cargo Charters (currently operates converted Super DC-8-72 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Trans Caribbean Airways ♠
 * Trans Continental
 * Trans International Airlines ♠ (also operated as Transamerica Airlines. Fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * United Air Lines ♠ (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * UPS Airlines (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 and Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Universal Airlines ♠
 * Wien Air Alaska (contract cargo operations for UPS)
 * World Airways
 * Zantop International Airlines
 * PLUNA
 * VIASA ♠
 * Zambia Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * World Airways
 * Zantop International Airlines
 * PLUNA
 * VIASA ♠
 * Zambia Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * VIASA ♠
 * Zambia Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)
 * Zambia Airways (fleet included converted Super DC-8-71 aircraft)

Military and government operators

 * Congolese Air Force - One remained in use in late 2016.
 * French Air Force
 * Government of Gabon (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Spanish Air Force
 * Government of Oman (fleet included converted Super DC-8-73 aircraft)
 * Peruvian Air Force (two DC-8-62-CFs purchased in 1982–83 for the Presidential flight.)
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 * Philippine Air Force
 * Royal Thai Air Force (two DC-8-62AFs acquired in 1982.)
 * Government of Togo (operated by BTL - Base de Transport de Lomé)
 * NASA (aircraft was a converted DC-8-72)
 * United States Navy
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 * Philippine Air Force
 * Royal Thai Air Force (two DC-8-62AFs acquired in 1982.)
 * Government of Togo (operated by BTL - Base de Transport de Lomé)
 * NASA (aircraft was a converted DC-8-72)
 * United States Navy
 * NASA (aircraft was a converted DC-8-72)
 * United States Navy
 * United States Navy

Corporate operators
The Douglas DC-8 is and has been operated by corporate operators.
 * ORBIS International operated a DC-8 as a flying hospital