List of de Havilland Heron operators

There are few remaining flying examples of de Havilland Heron. The following are owners or former operators of the aircraft:

♠ Original operators

Military operators

 * Belgian Congo
 * Force Publique ♠


 * 🇱🇰 Ceylon
 * Royal Ceylon Air Force ♠
 * Sri Lanka Air Force


 * West German Air Force ♠
 * West German Air Force ♠


 * Ghana Air Force
 * Ghana Air Force


 * 🇮🇶 Iraq
 * Royal Iraqi Air Force ♠


 * Jordan Arab Air Force ♠
 * Royal Jordanian Air Force
 * Royal Jordanian Air Force


 * Katanga
 * Katangese Air Force


 * Kuwait Air Force
 * Kuwait Air Force


 * Royal Malaysian Air Force ♠
 * Royal Malaysian Air Force ♠


 * 🇿🇦 South Africa
 * South African Air Force


 * Royal Air Force ♠
 * No. 60 Squadron RAF
 * Queen's Flight
 * Fleet Air Arm
 * 781 Naval Air Squadron
 * 781 Naval Air Squadron

Civil operators

 * Airlines of Tasmania
 * Ansett-ANA
 * Associated Airlines ♠
 * Butler Air Transport ♠
 * Connellan Airways
 * Northern Airlines
 * Qantas
 * Southern Airlines
 * Southern Airways
 * Southern Airways


 * Bahamas Airways ♠
 * Bahamas Airways ♠


 * Gulf Aviation
 * Gulf Aviation


 * Sabena
 * Sabena


 * TAS – Transportes Aéreos Salvador ♠
 * TAS – Transportes Aéreos Salvador ♠


 * Department of Transport
 * Newfoundland Air Transport
 * Newfoundland Air Transport


 * Air Ivoire
 * Air Ivoire


 * ACES Colombia
 * ACES Colombia


 * Cimber Air
 * Dan-Fly
 * Falcks Flyvetjeneste ♠
 * Falcks Flyvetjeneste ♠


 * Air Pacific
 * Fiji Airways
 * Fiji Airways


 * Air Paris
 * Union Aéromaritime de Transport ♠
 * Union Aéromaritime de Transport ♠


 * Ghana Airways ♠
 * Ghana Airways ♠


 * Aeroservice S de RL
 * Aeroservice S de RL


 * Indian Airlines Corporation ♠
 * Indian Airlines Corporation ♠


 * Garuda Indonesia ♠
 * Garuda Indonesia ♠


 * Itavia
 * Avio Linee Siciliani
 * Avio Linee Siciliani


 * British West Indian Airways
 * British West Indian Airways


 * All Nippon Airways
 * Fuji Airlines
 * Japan Air Lines ♠
 * Japan Air Services
 * Toa Domestic Airline
 * Toa Domestic Airline


 * Nigeria Airways
 * West African Airways Corporation (joint venture between Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana) ♠
 * West African Airways Corporation (joint venture between Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana) ♠


 * Air North
 * National Airways Corporation ♠
 * National Airways Corporation ♠


 * Braathens SAFE ♠ : Eight aircraft from 1952 to 1960
 * Fjellfly Air Services
 * Nor-Fly : One aircraft on magnetometric surveys, 1966 - 02.01.1969, when ac ditched in Vestfjorden.
 * VLS - Vestlandske Flyselskap ♠ : One aircraft on service Stavanger - Bergen - Trondheim, 1956 - 1957.
 * VLS - Vestlandske Flyselskap ♠ : One aircraft on service Stavanger - Bergen - Trondheim, 1956 - 1957.


 * Prinair
 * Prinair


 * Rhodesia
 * Air Trans Africa


 * Transportes Aéreos São Tomé
 * Transportes Aéreos São Tomé


 * St. Lucia Airways
 * St. Lucia Airways


 * Sierra Leone Airways
 * Sierra Leone Airways


 * Aviaco ♠
 * Aviaco ♠


 * Västerås Flygande Museum : US-registered example operated by museum. (modified with boxer engines).
 * Västerås Flygande Museum : US-registered example operated by museum. (modified with boxer engines).


 * Sky of Siam
 * Sky of Siam


 * Devlet Hava Yolları ♠
 * Türk Hava Yolları
 * Türk Hava Yolları


 * Air Ecosse
 * British Airways
 * British European Airways ♠
 * British United Airways
 * British Westpoint Airlines
 * Cambrian Airways ♠
 * Channel Airways
 * Cunard Eagle Airways
 * Dragon Airways ♠
 * Fairflight
 * Ferranti
 * Jersey Airlines ♠
 * Mercury Airlines
 * Morton Air Services
 * Peters Aviation
 * Progressive Airways
 * Silver City Airways


 * ALbanyu Aero Club
 * Allegheny Commuter (Fischer Brothers Aviation)
 * Florida Airways
 * Great Plains Airways
 * Hawaiian Air Tour Service
 * Illini Airlines ♠
 * Orange Blossom Commuter (AAT Airlines)
 * Prinair
 * Shawnee Airlines
 * Swift Aire
 * Wright Airlines
 * Wright Airlines


 * PLUNA ♠
 * PLUNA ♠