List of Boeing 707 operators explained

This is a list of Boeing 707 operators.

Current military/government operators

• Chilean Air Force
  • 10th Aviation Group operates two 707-based E-3 Sentry AWACS, with a third in reserve for spare parts.
  • Previously, it operated four Boeing 707s, two of which were selected for conversion. One was converted to a tanker configuration called KC-707 Águila, retired in 2006, and the other was converted to a unique AEW&C configuration called EC-707 Cóndor, operated from 1995 until its retirement in 2022.

• Indian Air Force

• Iranian Air Force

• Israeli Air Force

• United States Air Force (Operates 707-based E-3 AWACS)
• United States Navy (Operates 707-based E-6 TACAMO)

• Venezuelan Air Force

Former military/government operators

Angola

• National Air Force of Angola

• Argentine Air Force / LADE

• Royal Australian Air Force
  • No. 33 Squadron RAAF
  • No. 37 Squadron RAAF

• Benin Air Force

• Royal Canadian Air Force

• Colombian Air Force operated one aircraft in a tanker configuration

• Egyptian Air Force operated three ex-Egypt Air Boeing 707-366Cs^[1]

• West German Air Force/German Air Force

• Indonesian Air Force

• Italian Air Force operated 4 aircraft from 1991 to 2005^[2]

Mali

• Malian Air Force

• Moroccan Air Force operated two aircraft, including one converted to a tanker configuration^[3]

• Nepalese Army

• Pakistan Air Force

• Paraguayan Air Force^[4]

• Peruvian Air Force operated one aircraft in a tanker configuration

• Philippine Air Force

• Portuguese Air Force

• Romanian Government (Romavia)

• Royal Saudi Air Force
• Saudi Arabian Royal Flight

South Africa

• South African Air Force

• Spanish Air Force operated four Boeing 707s — two tankers, one cargo aircraft and one configured for electronic warfare. The final one was retired on 3 October 2016^[5]

Current commercial/other operators

• • • Omega Aerial Refueling Services 

Former commercial/other operators

Africa

• • Air Algérie
• • Angola Air Charter
  • TAAG Angola Airlines
• • Air Congo
  • Global Airways
  • Hewa Bora Airways
  • Kinshasa Airways
• • Egyptair
  • ZAS Airline of Egypt
• • Ethiopian Airlines
• • Mahfooz Aviation
• • Cargoplus Aviation
• • Air Afrique
• • Kenya Airways
  • Simba Air Cargo
• • Johnsons Air
  • Libyan Arab Airlines
• • Air Mauritius
• • Royal Air Maroc
• • ADC Airlines
  • Nigeria Airways
• • Air Rhodesia
• • Air Seychelles
• • Somali Airways
• South Africa
  • South African Airways
  • Trek Airways
• • Sudan Air
  • Air West
  • Azza Transport
  • Trans Arabian Air Transport
• • Uganda Airlines
• • Air Zaire
• • Aero Zambia
  • Zambia Airways
• • Air Zimbabwe

America

• • Aerolíneas Argentinas
• • Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
• • Skymaster Airlines
  • Transbrasil
  • Varig
  • Beta Cargo
  • Phoenix Brasil
  • VASP
• • Canadian Forces Air Command – Military
  • Pacific Western Airlines
  • Quebecair
  • Transair
  • Wardair
• • Ladeco
  • LAN Chile
• • Aerocondor
  • AeroTal
  • Avianca
  • SAM Colombia
• • Aeca Carga
  • Ecuatoriana de Aviación
  • SAETA
• • Copa Airlines
• • Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas
• • Aeronaves de Puerto Rico
• • Surinam Airways
• • British West Indian Airways (BWIA)
• • Aeroamerica
  • Air Florida
  • Alaska Airlines
  • American Airlines
  • American Eagle – Air charter operator not affiliated with American Airlines
  • American Trans Air
  • Braniff International Airways
  • Continental Airlines
  • Global International Airways
  • Northeast Airlines
  • Northwest Airlines
  • Pan American World Airways
  • Perfect Air Tours
  • Ports-of-Call
  • Skystar International Airlines
  • Southeast Airlines^[6]
  • South Pacific Island Airways
  • Standard Airways
  • Trans World Airlines
  • Western Airlines

Asia

• • Biman Bangladesh Airlines
• • Cathay Pacific
• • Air India
• • Bayu Indonesia^[7]
  • Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
  • Garuda Indonesia
  • Merpati Nusantara Airlines
  • Merpati Nusantara Airlines Cargo
  • Pelita Air - transferred to Indonesian Air Force^[8]
• • Iran Air
  • Saha Airlines
• • Iraqi Airways
• • El Al
  • MAOF.
• • Royal Jordanian
• • Kuwait Airways
• • Middle East Airlines
  • Trans Mediterranean Airways
• /
  • Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
• • Malaysia Airlines
  • Sabah Air
• • Pakistan International Airlines
• • Air China
  • China Southwest Airlines
  • Shanghai Airlines
• • Philippine Airlines
  • Air Manila International
  • Philippine Air Force – Military
• • Saudia
• • ADCO Airlines
• • Singapore Airlines
  • Singapore Airlines Cargo
• • Korean Air
• • Air Vietnam
• • Air Ceylon
• • China Airlines
  • Civil Air Transport
• • Air Siam – Ceased Operations
• • Dolphin Air
  • Gulf Falcon
• • Vietnam Airlines

Europe

• • Austrian Airlines
  • Montana Austria
• • Abelag Airways
  • Sabena
  • Sobelair
  • Trans European Airlines
• • Cyprus Airways
• • Conair
• • Air France
• • Olympic Airways
• • Malév Hungarian Airlines
• • Aer Lingus
• • Luxair
• • Air Malta
• • Transavia Holland
• • Trans Polar^[9]
• • Air Atlantis
  • TAP Air Portugal
• • TAROM
• • Turkish Airlines
  • Boğaziçi Hava Transport
  • Birgenair
• • Anglo Cargo
  • BEA Airtours
  • BOAC
  • BOAC-Cunard
  • Britannia Airways
  • British Airtours
  • British Airways
  • British Caledonian Airways
  • British Cargo Airlines
  • British Eagle
  • British Midland
  • Caledonian Airways
  • Cunard Eagle Airways
  • Dan Air Services
  • Donaldson International Airways
  • Heavylift Cargo Airlines
  • Invicta International Airlines
  • Laker Airways
  • Lloyd International Airways
  • Monarch Airlines
  • Scimitar Airlines
  • Tradewinds Airways
• • Deutsche Lufthansa
• • Air Yugoslavia
  • JAT Yugoslav Airlines

Oceania

• • Qantas
• • Air Niugini

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Book: Chenel . Bernard . Liébert . Michel . Moreau . Eric . Mirage III/5/50 en service à l'étranger . 2014 . Editions LELA Presse . Le Vigen, France . 978-2-914017-76-3.
• Book: Cooper . Tom . Weinert . Peter . Hinz . Fabian . Lepko . Mark . African MiGs, Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe . 2011 . Harpia Publishing . Houston . 978-0-9825539-8-5.
• News: Hoyle . Craig . World Air Forces 2022 . Flight International . 2021 . 12 December 2021. .

Notes and References

1. Airscene: Military Affairs: Egypt. Air International. January 1993 . 44. 1. 3. 0306-5634.
2. Web site: Italian Air Force Aircraft Types. www.aeroflight.co.uk.
3. Book: Cooper . Tom . Grandolini . Albert . Fontanellaz . Adrien . Showdown in Western Sahara, Volume 2: Air Warfare Over the Last African Colony, 1975-1991 . 2019 . Helion & Company Publishing . Warwick, UK . 978-1-912866-29-8 . 61.
4. Web site: Former presidential plane to become aviation museum in Paraguay. www.efe.com.
5. Yáñez. Roberto. Europe's Last Military Boeing 707 Retires. Air International. November 2016. 91. 5. 11. 0306-5634.
6. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Southeast-Airlines/Boeing-707-321/5450365/L
7. Web site: Bayu Air Indonesia - Fleet - PlaneLogger. planelogger.com. 24 March 2021. 20 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220090410/https://www.planelogger.com/Airline/Fleet/Bayu_Air_Indonesia/131896. dead.
8. Web site: Pesawat Boeing 707 Itu Laik Terbang. tempo.co. 2 December 2003. 24 March 2021. id.
9. Book: Hagby, Kay. Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747. Drammen. Hagby. Norwegian. 1998. 303.