List of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operators

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.

List of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operators
A Canadian Government Twin Otter in 2005

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

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]

Aircraft 2020[3]
OperatorTotalIn serviceIn storageOrdersCountry
AeroGeo808Russia
Aerolínea de Antioquia101Colombia
Aerovías DAP110Chile
Air Adelphi761Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Air Antilles Express440French Antilles
Air Archipels220French Polynesia
Air Borealis880Canada
Air Calédonie110New Caledonia
Aircalin110New Caledonia
Air Inuit770Canada
Air Kiribati220Kiribati
Air Loyauté330New Caledonia
Air Seychelles550Seychelles
Air Tetiaroa110French Polynesia
Air Tindi550Canada
Air Vanuatu330Vanuatu
Airfast Indonesia660Indonesia
Airkenya Express330Kenya
Aklak Air110Canada
ARM Aviación220Guatemala
Aurora330Russia
Aviakompaniya SKOL202Russia
Aviastar651Indonesia
Ayit Aviation110Israel
Blue Bird Aviation321Sudan
Blue Wing Airlines220Suriname
Cayman Airways Express220Cayman Islands
Chukotavia440Russia
Daily Air431Taiwan
Dimonim Air101Indonesia
Divi Divi Air330Curaçao
Enerjet101Canada
EVAS Air110Canada
Fiji Link440Fiji
First Flying220Japan
FlyBig00010India[5]
Grand Canyon Airlines1367United States
Gum Air220Suriname
Harbour Air Seaplanes330Canada
InterCaribbean Airways110Turks and Caicos Islands
Isles of Scilly Skybus440England
Jam Air Express110Jamaica
Kenn Borek Air15114Canada
LADE752Argentina
Loganair330Scotland
Maldivian11101Maldives
Manta Air651Maldives
MASwings624Malaysia
Meiya Air0005China
Merpati Nusantara Airlines606Indonesia
Nature Air101Costa Rica
Nepal Airlines321Nepal
Nordic Seaplanes110Denmark
Norlandair330Iceland
North-Wright Airways220Canada
Osprey Wings211Canada
PAL Airlines110Canada
PNG Air101Papua New Guinea
Regional Air101Tanzania
Regional Air110Papua New Guinea
SAM Air220Indonesia
Samoa Airways321Samoa
Seaborne Airlines220United States Virgin Islands
Servicios Aéreos de los Andes110Peru
SJL Aeronautica330Angola
SKS Airways202Malaysia
Solomon Airlines440Solomon Islands
SonAir505Angola
Star Aviation220Algeria
Tara Air4403Nepal
Trans Maldivian Airways62620Maldives
Transportes Aereos Petroleros (TAPSA)110Argentina
Transwest Air990Canada
Trigana Air110Indonesia
Tsaradia312Madagascar
Winair (Saint Maarten)431Sint Maarten
Zimex Aviation972Switzerland

Historical civil operators
Loganair Twin Otter in British Airways Livery at Barra Airport

♠ original operators

Former operators are listed where possible.

 Antigua and Barbuda
 Australia
Two DHC-6-300s operated by Aeropelican for Ansett Australia at Sydney Airport in 2012.
Twin Otter taking off from a gravel airstrip near Sila Lodge at Wager Bay (Ukkusiksalik National Park, Nunavut, Canada)
 Canada
Air BC Twin Otter being beached
Westcoast Air Twin Otter
 Cape Verde
 Colombia
 Congo
 Djibouti
 France
 Germany
 Guyana
 Indonesia
 Israel
 Italy
Air Hokkaido Twin Otter
 Laos
 Madagascar
 Maldives
 Mali
 Mexico
 Norway
 Pakistan
 Papua New Guinea
 Spain
 United States

Military and government operators

Including police users.

 Argentina
 Australia
 Benin
Canadian Armed Forces Twin Otter
 Canada
Chilean Air Force Twin Otter
 Chile
 Colombia
 Denmark
 Ecuador
 Ethiopia
 France
 Haiti
 Jamaica
   Nepal
Norwegian Air Force Twin Otter
 Norway
 Panama
 Paraguay
Peruvian Air Force Twin Otter 300
 Peru
 Sudan
 Thailand
 Uganda
 United Kingdom
United States Air Force UV-18B
NOAA Twin Otter 300
 United States
 Vietnam

References

Notes
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  2. "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. "World Airliner Census 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. "CCAR - Quick Search Result for DHC-6". Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. "India's flybig eyes green Twin Otter -400s". ch-aviation. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. Eastwood 1990, pp.119-147
  7. Endres 1979, p.370.
  8. "DHC-6 283". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. "DHC-6 313". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  10. "DHC-6 80". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. "DHC-6 707". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  12. "DHC-6 43". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. Endres 1979, pp. 385–386.
  14. Endres 1979, p. 21.
  15. Endres 1979, p. 23.
  16. Endres 1979, p. 24.
  17. Endres 1979, pp. 38–39.
  18. "Sander Geophysics Acquires Twin Otter Survey Aircraft." Sander Geophysics, 13 July 2010. Retrieved: 23 June 2010.
  19. Transport Canada (15 March 2015). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register - Historical Information". Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  20. Endres 1979, p. 51.
  21. Endres 1979, p. 76.
  22. Endres 1979, p. 154.
  23. Endres 1979, p. 364.
  24. Endres 1979, p. 116.
  25. Endres 1979, p. 117.
  26. St Barth: le crash du col de la Tourmente (12 pictures, a trajectory map, a document from french Accident Inquiry Bureau aka BEA)
  27. Endres 1979, p. 118.
  28. Endres 1979, pp. 116–117.
  29. Endres 1979, p. 84.
  30. Endres 1979, p. 85.
  31. Endres 1979, p. 441.
  32. "Our Plane." Skykef, 2010. Retrieved: 27 September 2010.
  33. The Israeli aviation history site, 2012. (Hebrew).
  34. "lao-air.com". lao-air.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  35. Endres 1979, p. 431.
  36. "Our Fleet". maldivian.aero. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  37. Endres 1979, p. 369.
  38. Endres 1979, p. 197.
  39. Endres 1979, pp. 197–198.
  40. Endres 1979, p. 200.
  41. Endres 1979, p. 223.
  42. Endres 1979, p. 236.
  43. Endres 1979, p. 237.
  44. Katz, Peter (7 January 2019). "After the Accident: Twin Otter Crash In The Rockies From 40 Years Ago". Plane & Pilot Magazine.
  45. "DHC-6 Twin Otter". Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  46. "ARMY De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter". ADF Serials. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  47. TAA Annual Report (Report). Australian National Airlines Commission. 1979. p. 50.
  48. Hoyle, 2018, p. 12
  49. "DHC-6 334". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  50. "DHC-6 27". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  51. "Nye patruljefly til Hjemmeværnet". Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse.
  52. Wheeler Flight International 4 August 1979, p. 367
  53. 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.
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  55. "DHC-6 964". Twin Otter Archive. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  56. "Aircraft Capability" British Antarctic Survey website, 2023. Retrieved 31 Mar 2023
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