List of Lockheed Constellation operators

The Lockheed Constellation was used by dozens of airlines and militaries around the world. In military service, the Navy/Air Force EC-121 Warning Star variant remained operational until 1978, nearly 40 years after work on the L-049 began.

♠ Original operators

Commercial

Lockheed built 856 planes. Civilian airlines that operated the Constellation included:

 Argentina

• Aerolíneas Carreras
• Aerotransportes Entre Ríos - AER
• Trans Atlántica Argentina
• Transcontinental ♠

 Australia

• Qantas ♠

 Austria

• Aero Transport

 Belgium

• Sabena

 Brazil

• Panair do Brasil
• Real Transportes Aéreos ♠
• Varig ♠

 Canada

• Nordair ♠
• Trans Canada Airlines ♠ (Now Air Canada)

 Ceylon

• Air Ceylon

 Chile

• Transportes Aéreos Squella

 Republic of China (Taiwan)

• China Airlines

 Colombia

• Avianca ♠
• LANZA

 Cuba

• Cubana de Aviación ♠

 Dominican Republic

• Aerolineas Mundo S.A.-AMSA
• Aerotours Dominicana
• Aerovías Quisqueyana

 France

• Air France ♠
• CATAIR - Compagnie d'Affretements et de Transports Aeriens

 Germany

• Lufthansa ♠

 Haiti

• Air Haiti International

 India

• Air India ♠

 Ireland

• Aer Lingus ♠

 Israel

• El Al ♠

 Ivory Coast

• Air Afrique

 South Korea

• Korean National Airlines (Now Korean Air)

 Luxembourg

• Luxair

 Mexico

• Aeronaves de México (Now Aeromexico)
• Aerovias Guest ♠

 Morocco

• Royal Air Maroc

 Netherlands

• KLM ♠

 Pakistan

• Pakistan International Airlines

 Panama

• AFISA - Aero Fletes Internacionales SA
• Líneas Aéreas de Panama

 Paraguay

• Lloyd Aéreo Paraguayo

 Peru

• LANSA
• Perú Internacional - COPISA
• Trans-Peruana

 Portugal

• Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (TAP) ♠

 Senegal

• Government of Senegal

 South Africa

• South African Airways ♠
• Trek Airways

 Spain

• Iberia ♠

 Thailand

• Thai Airways Company ♠

 United Kingdom

• ACE Freighters
• British Overseas Airways Corporation
• Britannia Airways
• Euravia
• Falcon Airways
• Trans European Aviation
• Skyways of London
• Universal Sky Tours

 United States

• Alaska Airlines
• American Airlines
• American Overseas Airlines ♠ (7 x L-049)
• Braniff International Airways
• California Central Airlines
• Capital Airlines
• Central American Airlines
• Chicago and Southern Air Lines ♠
• Delta Air Lines
• Eastern Air Lines ♠
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Flying Tiger Line ♠
• Great Lakes Airlines
• Imperial Airlines
• Intercontinent Airways
• Miami Airlines
• Modern Air Transport
• NASA
• National Airlines ♠ (4 x L-1049H)
• Northwest Orient Airlines
• Pacific Air Transport
• Pacific Northern Airlines
• Pan American World Airways ♠
• Paradise Airlines (intrastate carrier in California)
• Regina Cargo Airlines
• Resort Airlines ♠
• Seaboard & Western Airlines ♠ ( 4 x L-1049D, 5 x L-1049H)
• Seaboard World Airlines
• Slick Airways ♠
• South Pacific Air Lines^[1]
• Trans World Airlines ♠ (launch operator)
• United States Airways
• Western Airlines
• Wien Air Alaska

 Uruguay

• Aerolíneas Uruguayas
• Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya (CAUSA)

 Venezuela

• Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) ♠

Military operators

 France

• French Air Force

 India

• Indian Air Force
• Indian Navy

 Indonesia

• Indonesian Air Force

 Israel

• Israeli Air Force

 United States

• United States Air Force ♠
• United States Navy ♠

References

This page was last edited on 18 November 2023, at 15:17