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Operators of the [[Douglas DC-7]] past and present:

==Civil operators==
[[File:Douglas DC-7C OO-SFC Sabena RWY 18.08.62 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|Sabena DC-7C operating a transatlantic service in 1962]]
;{{BEL}}
*[[SABENA]] - received 10 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{BER}}
*ARCO Bermuda
;{{BOL}}
;{{BRA}}
*[[Panair do Brasil]] - received 4 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{CAN}}
*[[Pacific Western Airlines]]
;{{COL}}
;{{CRC}}
;{{DEN}}
*[[Conair of Scandinavia|Conair]]
*Flying Enterprise
*[[Scandinavian Airlines System]] - received 14 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{DOM}}
;{{ECU}}
*[[AREA Ecuador]]
;{{FRA}}
*[[Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux]] - received 3 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
*[[Transports Aeriens Reunis|Transports Aériens Réunis]]
;{{GAB}}
*[[Affretair]]
;{{GER}}
*Atlantis
*[[Sudflug]]
;{{HON}}
*Transportes Aéreos Nacionales (TAN Airlines)
{{IDN}}

* Penas Air Cargo
;{{IRN}}
*Persian Air Services
;{{IRL}}
*[[Aer Turas]]
*Shannon Air
;{{ITA}}
*[[Alitalia]] - received 6 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79">{{harvnb|Gann|1999|p=79}}</ref>
;{{JAM}}
*[[Air Caribbean Transport]]
;{{JPN}}
*[[Japan Air Lines]] - received 4 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{JOR}}
*[[Royal Jordanian Airlines]]
;{{LIB}}
*[[Lebanese International Airways]]
;{{MAW}}
;{{MRI}}
;{{MEX}}
*[[Mexicana de Aviación (1921–2010)|Mexicana]] - received 3 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{NLD}}
[[File:Douglas DC-7CF PH-DSE KLM RWY 06.11.64 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|KLM DC-7CF freighter loading cargo in 1964]]
*[[KLM]] - received 15 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
*[[Martinair]]
*[[Schreiner Airways]]
;{{NOR}}
*[[Scandinavian Airlines System]]<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{PAN}}
*[[Aerovías Panamá]]
*Talingo Airlines
;{{PAR}}
;{{PER}}
*[[Aerolíneas Peruanas]]
;{{PHI}}
*Fleeming Air System Transport
;{{ESP}}
*[[Spantax]]
*[[TAE – Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces]]
*TASSA
*[[Transeuropa Compañía de Aviación]]
{{flag|Rhodesia|1964}}
*Affretair
*Air Trans Africa
;{{RSA}}
*[[South African Airways]] - received 4 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/>
;{{SWE}}
*Internord
*Ostermanair Charter
*[[Scandinavian Airlines System]]<ref name="gannp79"/>
*Swedish Red Cross
*[[Transair Sweden]]
;{{SUI}}
*[[Swissair]] - received 5 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
;{{SUR}}
;{{UK}}
*[[British Overseas Airways Corporation]] - received 10 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
*[[Caledonian Airways]]
*[[Dan-Air]]
*[[Trans Meridian]]

;{{USA}}
*[[Aerovias Sud Americana]] (aka ASA International Airlines)
*[[Air Tankers]]
*[[Airlinft International]]
*[[American Airlines]] - received 34 DC-7s and 24 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78">{{harvnb|Gann|1999|p=78}}</ref>
*[[Braniff Airways]] - received 7 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
*[[Continental Air Lines]] - received 6 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/>
*[[Delta Air Lines]] - received 10 DC-7s and 11 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/> 
*[[Eastern Air Lines]] - received 50 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/>
*[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
*[[Interocean Airlines]]
*[[Liberty Air]]
*[[National Airlines (NA)|National Airlines]] - received 4 DC-7s and 4 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/>
*[[Northwest Orient Airlines]] - received 14 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp79"/>
*[[Overseas National Airways]]
*[[Pan American-Grace Airways]] - received 6 DC-7Bs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/>
*[[Pan American World Airways]] - received 7 DC-7Bs and 26 DC-7Cs as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp789">{{harvnb|Gann|1999|pp=78–79}}</ref>
*[[Riddle Airlines]]
*[[Saturn Airways]]
*[[Standard Airways]]
*[[United Airlines]] - received 57 DC-7s as new build aircraft.<ref name="gannp78"/>
*[[United States Forest Service]]
*[[Universal Airlines (United States)|Universal Airlines]]
*[[United States Overseas Airlines]]
*[[Vance International Airways]]
*[[Zantop Air Transport]]

==Military operators==
;{{COL}}
*[[Colombian Air Force]] 1 x DC-7B and 1 x DC-7C
;{{FRA}}
*[[French Air Force]] 3 x DC-7C
;{{MEX}}
*[[Mexican Air Force]] 1 x DC-7B
;{{NGR}}
* [[Nigerian Air Force]] - 1 × DC-7C briefly operated in 1968 during the [[Biafran War]]<ref>{{harvnb|Draper|1999|pp=82–83}}</ref>
{{flag|Rhodesia|1964}}
*[[Rhodesian Air Force]] 1 x DC-7C

==References==
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{{Douglas DC-4 family}}

* {{cite book |last=Draper |first=Michael I. |title=Shadows: Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria 1967–1970 |year=1999 |location=Aldershot, UK |publisher=Hikoki Publications |isbn=1-902109-63-5}}
*  {{cite book |last=Gann |first=Harry |title=Douglas DC-6 and DC-7 |series=Airliner Tech |volume=4 |year=1999 |location=North Branch, Minnesota, USA |publisher=Speciality Press |isbn=1-58007-017-5}}

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