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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==
;{{flag|Aden}}
*[[Brothers Air Service]] (BASCO)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{Flag|Afghanistan|1930}}
*[[Ariana Afghan Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flagdeco|Antigua and Barbuda|colonial}} [[Antigua]]
*[[Seagreen Air Transport]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ARG}}
*[[Aerolíneas Argentinas]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aerolineas Ini y Cia]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino]] (ALA)<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Austral Líneas Aéreas|Austral]]<ref name="ab77" />
* {{Interlanguage link|Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina|de}} (FAMA) ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{AUS}}
*[[Australian National Airlines]] (ANA) ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Ansett-ANA]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans Australia Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{BEL}}
*[[Belgian International Air Services]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Delta Air Transport]]
*[[Inair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Sabena]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Sobelair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transpommair]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{BOL}}
*[[Lloyd Aereo Boliviano]]<ref name="ab77" />
*{{Interlanguage link|SAVCO|de}} (Servicios Aereos Virgen de Copacabna)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{BRA}}
*[[Lóide Aéreo Nacional]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Panair do Brasil]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Real Transportes Aéreos]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Varig]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[VASP]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{CAM}}
*[[Royal Air Cambodge]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Canada|1921}}
*[[Buffalo Airways]]
*[[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Maritime Central Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Nordair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Pacific Western]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transair (Canada)|Transair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Wardair|Wardair Canada]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{CAY}}
*[[Transocean (Cayman Islands Airline)|Transocean]]
;{{CHI}}
*[[ALFA Chile - Aerolineas Flecha Austral]]
* Lineas Aereas del Cobre ([[Ladeco]])<ref name="ab77" />
* Lineas Aerea Nacional de Chile ([[LAN Chile]]) ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Lineas Aereas Sud Americana (LASA)]]
*[[Solastral]]
*[[Taxpa - Taxis Aereos del Pacifico]]
*[[Transglobal]]
;{{COL}}
*[[Aerovias Condor de Colombia]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aerocosta]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Lineas Aereos Taxader]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Rutas Aereas Soceidad Aerea Medellin]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Tampa Cargo]]
;{{CRC}}
*[[Lineas Aereas Costarricenses]] (LACSA)<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transportes Aereos de Integracion]] (TAISAP)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{DEN}}
*Nordair<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Sterling Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{DOM}}
*[[Dominicana de Aviacion|Compania Dominicana de Aviacion]] (CDA)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ECU}}
*[[Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador]] (ANDES)<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Ecuatoriana]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{EGY}}
*[[United Arab Airlines (1957–1971)|United Arab Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ESA}}
*[[Aerolineas El Salvador]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ETH}}
*[[Ethiopian Air Lines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{FIN}}
*[[Finlantic]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Karair|Kar Air]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{FRA}}
*[[Aeromaritime d'Affretement]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Agile Azur]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Air France]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Air Inter]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Airnautic]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Compagnie de Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux]] (TAI) ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans-Union]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Union Aéromaritime de Transport]] (UAT) ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{GER}}
*[[Elbeflug]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Germanair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Luft-Lloyd]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Sudflug]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Sudwestflug]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transportflug]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Greece|old}}
*[[Olympic Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{GUA}}
*[[Aviateca]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{HAI}}
*ADSA<ref name="ab77" />
;{{Flag|Honduras|1949}}
*[[Sahsa]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transportes Aéreos Nacionales]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Hong Kong|1959}}
*[[Cathay Pacific Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ISL}}
*[[Icelandair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Loftleidir]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{INA}}
*[[Bayu Indonesia]]<ref name="Goodall">{{Cite web|date=|title=SOUTH EAST ASIA 1960s-1970s - INDONESIA & DUTCH NEW GUINEA|url=http://www.goodall.com.au/photographs/indonesia-dutch-ng-60-70/seasiaindonesiadutchng.html|access-date=10 February 2021|website=goodall.com.au}}</ref>
*[[Survai Udara Penas|PN Aerial Survey]]<ref name="Goodall"/>
*[[Trans Nusantara Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Zamrud Aviation Corporation|Zamrud Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Iran|1964}}
*[[Iran Air]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Iran Aseman Airlines|Persian Air Services]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ITA}}
*[[Alitalia]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Linee Aeree Italiane]] (LAI) ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Societa Aerea Mediterranea]] (SAM)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{CIV}}
*[[Air Afrique]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{JPN}}
*[[Japan Air Lines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{JOR}}
*[[Air Jordan (airline)|Air Jordan]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Alia - Royal Jordanian Airline|Alia]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{KWT}}
*[[Kuwait Airways Corporation]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans Arabia Airways]]<ref name="ab77" /> 
;{{LAO}}
*[[Lao United Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Royal Air Lao]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{LIB}}
*[[Air Liban]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Lebanese International Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans Mediterranean Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Libya|1969}}
*[[Libavia]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{LUX}}
*[[Interocean Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{MDG}}
*[[Madair]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{MLT}}
*[[Malta International Airways]]
;{{flag|Mexico|1934}}
*[[Aerocarga]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aeronaves de Mexico]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aeromexico]]
*[[Guest Aerovias Mexico]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Mexicana de Aviación (1921–2010)|Mexicana de Aviación]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[SAESA]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{MOZ}}
;{{NAM}}
*[[Namibia Commercial Aviation]]
;{{NIC}}
* Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua ([[Nicaragüense de Aviación|Lanica]])<ref name="ab77" />
;{{NLD}}
*[[KLM]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transavia]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ANT}}
*[[Caraibische Lucht Transport Mij NV]] (CLTM)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{NZL}}
*[[Tasman Empire Airways Limited|Tasman Empire Airways]] (TEAL)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{NGA}}
*[[Pan African Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{NOR}}
*[[Braathens ASA|Braathens South American and Far East Airtransport]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Fred. Olsen Airtransport]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{PAN}}
*[[Aerovías Panamá]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aero Fletes Internacionales]] (AFISA)<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Internacional de Aviacio]] (Inair)<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Rutas Aereas Panemenas]] (RAPSA)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{PER}}
*[[Aerolineas Peruanas]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Faucett]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{PHI}}
*[[Filipinas Orient Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Philippine Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{POR}}
*[[TAP Portugal|TAP]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[SATA Air Açores|SATA]]
;{{flag|Portuguese India}} ([[Goa]])
*[[Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa]] (TAIP)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{ROC}}
*[[Civil Air Transport]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Far Eastern Air Transport]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Winner Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{SAU}}
[[File:Dhahran 1952 DC6-B.jpg|thumb|[[Saudi Aramco|Aramco]] DC-6B aircraft at [[King Abdulaziz Air Base|Dhahran]], Saudi Arabia, in 1952. Scheduled passenger flights operated between [[New York City]], United States, and Dhahran during this period.]]
*[[Saudi Arabian Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Saudi Aramco]]<ref>[https://api.ithraeyat.ithra.com/uploads/Nostalgia_Arabic_3_d98d0d565e.pdf Ithraeyat], 2020.  p.19</ref>
;{{SIN}}
*[[Saber Air]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Southern Rhodesia}}
*[[Central African Airways Corporation]] (CAAC)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|South Vietnam}}<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Air Vietnam]]
;{{ESP}}
*[[Aviaco]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Spantax]] DC-6B, DC-6B-ST
*[[TASSA]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{SUR}}
[[Image:Douglas DC 6 , SAS , SE-BDC , Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield.jpg|thumb|right|Passengers deplaning an SAS DC-6]]
;{{SWZ}}
;{{SWE}}
*[[Aero-Nord]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Internord Aviation]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Osterman Aero]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transair Sweden]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{SWE}}{{DEN}}{{NOR}}: 
*[[Scandinavian Airlines System|SAS]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
;{{CHE}}
*[[Balair]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Swissair]] ♠<ref name="piston">Eastwood/Roach 1991, pp.169-199</ref>
;{{SYR}}
*[[Syrian Arab Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{THA}}
*[[Thai Airways International]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}}
*[[British West Indian Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{UK}}
*[[Air Ferry]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Air Atlantique]], now [[West Atlantic]]; a former cargo carrier based in [[Coventry]], [[England]].
*[[British Eagle]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[British United Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Caledonian Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Cloudmaster]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedc6.com/ |title=Home |website=thedc6.com}}</ref>
*[[Cunard Eagle Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Eagle Aviation Ltd]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Hunting-Clan Air Transport]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Lloyd International Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{USA}}
*[[AAXICO Airlines]]<ref name="ab77">Whittle 1971, pp. 77-80</ref>
*[[Admiral Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aero Union]]
*[[Air America (airline)|Air America]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Air Cargo Express]]
*[[Alaska Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[All American Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[American Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Aerovias Sud Americana]] (aka ASA International Airlines)<ref name="ab77" />
*[[BirdAir]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=SINGAPORE and BALI 1980|url=http://www.goodall.com.au/photographs/singapore-bali-80/7.80%20seletarbali.html|access-date=10 February 2021|website=goodall.com.au}}</ref>
*[[Braniff International Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Capital Airlines (United States)|Capital Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Conner Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Continental Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Currey Air Transport]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Delta Air Lines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Eastern Air Lines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Everts Air]]
*[[Flying Tiger Line]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[General Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Great Lakes Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Hawaiian Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Holiday Airlines (US airline)]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[International Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Lance Air Transport]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Los Angeles Air Service]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Los Angeles Dodgers]], Major League Baseball team, DC-6B used for one season (1961)
* Macavia International (spraying)
*[[Mackey Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Mercer Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[NASA]]<ref name="piston" />
*[[National Airlines (NA)|National Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
[[Image:Douglas DC-6B N6531C PAA Heathrow 09.54.jpg|thumb|right|Pan Am Douglas DC-6B in 1954]]
*[[North American Airlines]]  ♠<ref name="piston" />
*[[Northeast Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Northern Air Cargo]] 
*[[Northeast Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Northwest Orient Airlines]] ♠<ref name="piston" />
*[[Overseas National Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Pacific Southwest Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Pan American-Grace Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Pan American World Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[President Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Purdue Aeronautics]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Reeve Aleutian Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Riddle Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Shamrock Air Lines]]<ref name="ab77" />
* Sis-Q Flying Service (spraying)
*[[Slick Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Southern Air Transport]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Span East Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Standard Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans Alaskan Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans American Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans Caribbean Airways]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Trans International Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Transocean Air Lines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Twentieth Century Aircraft]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[United Air Lines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Universal Airlines (United States)|Universal Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[United States Overseas Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Western Airlines]] ♠<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Winner Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[World Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Zantop Air Transport]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{VEN}}
*[[Avensa]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Rutas Aereas Nacionales]] (RANSA)<ref name="ab77" />
;{{YEM}}
*[[Democratic Yemen Airlines|Yemen Airlines]]<ref name="ab77" />
;{{YUG}}
*[[Adria Airways]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Inex-Adria]]<ref name="ab77" />
*[[Jat Airways|Jugoslovenski Aerotransport]] {JAT} ♠<ref name="ab77" />

==Military operators==
[[Image:Independence aircraft.png|thumb|right|Harry Truman's C-118, ''The Independence'']]
;{{ARG}}
* [[Argentine Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{BEL}}
* [[Belgian Air Force]] (Four operated from 1960)<ref name="piston" />
;{{BOL}}
* [[Bolivian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{BRA}}
* [[Brazilian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{CHI}}
* [[Chilean Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{ROC}}
* [[Chinese Nationalist Air Force]]
;{{COL}}
* [[Colombian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{ECU}}
* [[Ecuadorian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{ESA}}
* [[Salvadoran Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{FRA}}
* [[French Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
* [[French Navy]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{GER}}
* [[German Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{GUA}}
* [[Guatemalan Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{Flag|Honduras|1949}}
* [[Honduran Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{ITA}}
* [[Italian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" /> operated six former civilian aircraft from 1962 until 1981<ref>[http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/italy/af/ital-af2-all-time.htm aeroflight]</ref>
;{{KOR}}
* [[Republic of Korea Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{MEX}}
* [[Mexican Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{NZL}}
* [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
**[[No. 40 Squadron RNZAF]]
;{{PAN}}
* [[Panama Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{PAR}}
* [[Paraguayan Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{PER}}
* [[Peruvian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{POR}}
* [[Portuguese Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{USA}}
*[[United States Air Force]] ♠<ref name="piston" />
*[[United States Navy]] ♠<ref name="piston" />
;{{flag|South Vietnam}}
* [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{YUG}}
* [[SFR Yugoslav Air Force|Yugoslav Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />
;{{ZAM}}
* [[Zambian Air Force]]<ref name="piston" />

== References ==
===Citations===
{{Reflist|25em}}

===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book |last=Eastwood |first= Tony |author2=John Roach
|title = Piston Engine Airliner Production List | publisher = The Aviation Hobby Shop | year = 1991 | isbn = 0-907178-37-5}}
*{{cite book |last=Whittle |first= John A.|title = The Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 Series | publisher = [[Air-Britain]] |year = 1971}}

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