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 design and manufacturing work on the original 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 new build Series 400 Twin Otter.
Current civil operators[edit]
In 2016, there were 281 Twin Otters in airline service with 26 new aircraft on order: 112 in North/South America, 106 in Asia Pacific & Middle East (16 orders), 38 in Europe (10 orders) and 25 in Africa.[1]
A total of 270 Twin Otters were in airline service in 2018, and 14 on order: 111 in North/South America, 117 in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East (14 orders), 26 in Europe and 13 in Africa.[2]
In 2020, there were a total of 315 Twin Otters worldwide with 220 in service, 95 in storage and 8 on order. By region there were 22 in Africa, 142 in Asia Pacific (8 orders), 37 in Europe, 4 in the Middle East and 110 in the Americas.[3]
As of February 2023, there were 108 Twin Otters registered in Canada.[4]
Historical civil operators[edit]
♠ original operators
Former operators are listed where possible.
- Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) ♠[6] - former operator
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- Aeropelican[7]
- Air Queensland[8]
- Flight West Airlines[9]
- MacRobertson Miller Airlines[10]
- Skywest Airlines[11]
- Sunstate Airlines[12]
- Trans Australia Airlines[13]
- AirWest Airlines (Canada)[14]
- Athabaska Airlines ♠[6]
- Austin Airways[15]
- Bradley Air Services - (now First Air)[16]
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- Calm Air International[6]
- Georgian Bay Airlines ♠[6]
- Kenn Borek Air[6]
- Labrador Airways[6]
- Midwest Airlines ♠[6]
- Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) ♠[6] - forest firefighting
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- NorOntair[17]
- Northwood Airlines ♠[6]
- Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) - former operator
- Ptarmigan Airways[6] - former operator (merged into First Air)
- Sabourin Lake Airways[6]
- Sander Geophysics[18]
- Transport Canada - former operator, 15 aircraft[19]
- Time Air[20]
- Wardair Canada ♠[6] - former operator
- Air Alpes ♠[6]
- Air Calédonie[25]
- Air Caraïbes - a DHC-6-300 crashed in March 2001 near Saint Barthélemy airport[26]
- Air Guadeloupe[27]
- Air Polynesie (now Air Tahiti)[28]
- Aeronaves de Mexico♠[6] and successor Aeromexico
- Transportes Aereos Terrestes♠[6]
- Pakistan International Airlines - former operator
- Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea - former operator
- Air Commuter ♠[6] - former operator
- Air New England[38]
- Air North[39]
- Alaska Aeronautical Industries (AAI)[40]
- Air Wisconsin ♠[6] - former operator
- Crown Airways[41]
- Frontier Airlines[42]
- Golden West Airlines[43]
- Hawaii Jet-Air ♠[6] - former operator
- Northern Consolidated Airlines (NCA) ♠[6] - former operator (acquired by Wien Air Alaska which in turn continued to operate these DHC-6 aircraft).
- Pilgrim Airlines ♠[6] - former operator (acquired by Business Express)
- Rocky Mountain Airways[44]
- Trans East International ♠[6] - former operator
Military and government operators[edit]
Including police users.
- 2 Australian Antarctic Division - leased from Kenn Borek Air[45]
- 3 Australian Army - former operator, leased aircraft with civil registration[46]
- 2 Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service - former operator, leased from Trans Australia Airlines[47]
- 4 Royal Canadian Air Force (formerly Canadian Forces)[6] - CC-138s (DHC-6-300s) - Operated by 440 Transport Squadron in Yellowknife, NT
- 1 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - former operator[49]
- 1 Ontario Provincial Police - former operator[49]
- 1 Transport Canada - former operator[50]
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- 2 Home Guard (Denmark) to be in delivered in 2024[51]
- 2 Ecuadorian Air Force (TAME)[6]
- 2 Ethiopian Air Force loaned from Army[6]
- ? (retired) Jamaica Defence Force[6]
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- Royal Norwegian Air Force[6] (Retired from active service)
- Panamanian Public Forces 1[6] (Army until 1988)
- National Air and Naval Service of Panama[53][54]
- Paraguayan Air Force (retired)[6]
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- Peruvian Air Force[6] (12 series -400 recently purchased)
- Sudanese Air Force - one photo survey aircraft operated by Sudan Airways for the air force.[6]
- Uganda Police Force Air Wing [6]
- 6 Alaska National Guard - UV-18A former operator[6]
- 1 Federal Aviation Administration - former operator, leased from Transport Canada[50]
- 1 NASA[6]
- 4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[57]
- 3 United States Air Force - UV-18B used by United States Air Force Academy for the Academy Parachute Team[58]
- 3 United States Army - UV-18C[6]
- 1 United States Navy - UV-18A used by the United States Naval Research Laboratory[6]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "World Airliner Census". Flight Global. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
- ^ "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ a b "World Airliner Census 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "CCAR - Quick Search Result for DHC-6". 28 August 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "India's flybig eyes green Twin Otter -400s". ch-aviation. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au Eastwood 1990, pp.119-147
- ^ Endres 1979, p.370.
- ^ "DHC-6 283". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "DHC-6 313". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "DHC-6 80". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "DHC-6 707". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "DHC-6 43". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Endres 1979, pp. 385–386.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 21.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 23.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 24.
- ^ Endres 1979, pp. 38–39.
- ^ "Sander Geophysics Acquires Twin Otter Survey Aircraft." Sander Geophysics, 13 July 2010. Retrieved: 23 June 2010.
- ^ Transport Canada (15 March 2015). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register - Historical Information". Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 51.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 76.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 154.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 364.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 116.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 117.
- ^ St Barth: le crash du col de la Tourmente (12 pictures, a trajectory map, a document from french Accident Inquiry Bureau aka BEA)
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 118.
- ^ Endres 1979, pp. 116–117.
- ^ a b Endres 1979, p. 84.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 85.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 441.
- ^ "Our Plane." Skykef, 2010. Retrieved: 27 September 2010.
- ^ The Israeli aviation history site, 2012. (Hebrew).
- ^ "lao-air.com". Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 431.
- ^ "Our Fleet". maldivian.aero. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 369.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 197.
- ^ Endres 1979, pp. 197–198.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 200.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 223.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 236.
- ^ Endres 1979, p. 237.
- ^ Katz, Peter (7 January 2019). "After the Accident: Twin Otter Crash In The Rockies From 40 Years Ago". Plane & Pilot Magazine.
- ^ "DHC-6 Twin Otter". Australian Antarctic Division. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "ARMY De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter". ADF Serials. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ TAA Annual Report (Report). Australian National Airlines Commission. 1979. p. 50.
- ^ Hoyle, 2018, p. 12
- ^ a b "DHC-6 334". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ a b "DHC-6 27". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Nye patruljefly til Hjemmeværnet". Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse.
- ^ Wheeler Flight International 4 August 1979, p. 367
- ^ Sanchez, Alejandro (14 February 2017). "Panemanian SENAN acquires air, naval platforms". IHS Jane's 360. Washington, DC. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Sanchez, Alejandro (9 January 2018). "Panama receives new helicopters, aircraft". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "DHC-6 964". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Aircraft Capability" British Antarctic Survey website, 2023. Retrieved 31 Mar 2023
- ^ "De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "USAF Academy Aircraft Identification". United States Air Force Academy. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Vietnamese Navy Orders DHC-6 Twin-Otter 400s." Defense Industry Daily, 2010. Retrieved: 15 May 2010.
Bibliography[edit]
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- Endres, Günter G. (1979). World Airline Fleets 1979. Hounslow, UK: Airline Publications and Sales Ltd. ISBN 0-905117-53-0.
- Hoyle, Chris (2018). "World Air Forces 2018". Flight Global. Emmen: RUAG.
- Wheeler, Barry C. (4 August 1979). "World's Air Forces 1979". Flight International. Vol. 116, no. 3672. pp. 333–386.