List of Boeing 727 operators

List of operators who purchased or leased aircraft second-hand:

Airline	Country	Photo	100	200	Notes
ACES Colombia	Colombia		12	7	Ceased operations in 2003
Aero Costa Rica	Costa Rica		1	3	Ceased operations in 1997
Aero República	Colombia		3
Aerocar Colombia	Colombia		1	1	Ceased operations in 1995
AeroGal	Ecuador			2
AeroLatin	Venezuela		1		Ceased operations in 2000
Aerolíneas Internacionales	Mexico		2	6	Ceased operations in 2003
Aerolíneas Latinas	Venezuela		4		Renamed to AeroLatin in 1995
Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela	Venezuela			8
Aerosucre	Colombia		4	5	2 aircraft are still in service
AeroSur	Bolivia		7	13	Ceased operations in 2012
Aerotal	Colombia		6		Ceased operations in 1983
African Express Airways	Kenya			2
Air 1	United States		9	3	Ceased operations in 1985
Air Alfa	Turkey			2
Air Atlanta	United States		5
Air Class Líneas Aéreas	Uruguay			2	2 aircraft are still in service
Air Commerce	Yugoslavia			2	Leased from JAT Yugoslav Airlines
Air Dream	Cambodia			1	Ceased operations in 2007
Air Florida	United States		2	5
Air Gemini	Angola		8	1
Air Holland	Netherlands			3
Air Horizon	Togo		1		Ceased operations in 2007
Air Libya	Libya			2
Air Macau	Macau			3
Air Malta	Malta		3	7
Air Micronesia	Guam		10	5	Renamed to Continental Micronesia in 1989
Air National	United States			1	Ceased operations in 1984
Air Nauru	Nauru		3
Air Niagara	United States		3		Ceased operations in 1984
Air Panamá Internacional	Panama		8	2	Ceased operations in 1990
Air Vanuatu	Vanuatu			1
Al Rais Cargo	United Arab Emirates			2	Ceased operations in 2008
Albatros Airlines	Turkey			1	Ceased operations in 1996
Allied Air	Nigeria			3
American Trans Air	United States		15	28
Amerijet International	United States		11	22
Angola Air Charter	Angola		10
Asian Express Airlines	Australia			2	Renamed to Tasman Cargo Airlines in 2008
Associated Aviation	Nigeria			1
Astar Air Cargo	United States		2	9	Ceased operations in 2012
ATA Brasil	Brazil			1	Ceased operations in 2006
Av Atlantic	United States		1	5	Ceased operations in 1996
Avesca Colombia	Colombia		2		Ceased operations in 1995
Aviogenex[2][3]	Yugoslavia			17
Azerbaijan Airlines	Azerbaijan			4
Bahamas Express	United States		1		Rebranded as Majestic Air in 1988
Balkh Airlines	Afghanistan		1
Birgenair	Turkey			1	Leased from Yemen Airways
Boğaziçi Hava Taşımacılığı	Turkey			2	Ceased operations in 1989
Bosphorus Airways	Turkey			2	Ceased operations in 1993
Boston-Maine Airways	United States			3	Ceased operations in 2008
Braniff (1983-1990)	United States			34	Ceased operations in 1989
Braniff (1991-1992)	United States		2	11	Ceased operations in 1992
Capital Cargo International Airlines	United States			15	Merged with Air Transport International in 2013
Carnival Air Lines	United States		1	10	Merged with Pan Am (1996-1998) in 1998
Cayman Airways	Cayman Islands		2	3
Chanchangi Airlines	Nigeria			8
Challenge Air Cargo	United States		1		Leased from Air Panamá Internacional
Champion Air	United States		2	22	Ceased operations in 2008
Comair	South Africa			5	Operated for British Airways
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation	DRC			1
Continental Micronesia	Guam		1	16
Cosmos Air Cargo	Colombia		1
Custom Air Transport	United States			8	Ceased operations in 2012
Cyprus Turkish Airlines	Northern Cyprus			4
Dan-Air	United Kingdom		19	19	Merged with British Airways in 1992
DHL Airways	United States		11	9	Rebraded as Astar Air Cargo in 2003
DHL Aero Expreso	Panama			2
DHL de Guatemala	Guatemala		1
Emery Worldwide Airlines	United States		42	12
Emirates	United Arab Emirates			3
European Air Transport	Belgium		7	10
Evergreen International Airlines	United States		35
Express One International	United States		29	53
Falcon Air Express	United States			14
First Air	Canada		5	4
Fly Linhas Aéreas	Brazil			2	Ceased operations in 2003
Frontier Horizon	United States		7
Germania	Germany		2
Gulf Air Transport	United States		9	3
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines	Australia		4	3
Hewa Bora Airways	DRC		4	6
Hinduja Cargo Services	India			4	Ceased operations in 2001
Holiday Airlines	Turkey			1	Ceased operations in 1996
IFL Group	United States		3		3 aircraft are still in service
Imperial Air Cargo	South Africa			3	Ceased operations in 2014
Indonesian Airlines	Indonesia			1	Ceased operations in 2007
Intercontinental de Aviación	Colombia		1
Interstate Airlines	United States		13		Ceased operations 1988
Iran Aseman Airlines	Iran			10	Last commercial operator
Ishtar Airlines	Iraq			1	Operated by African Express Airways
Isleña Colombia	Colombia		1	3	Ceased operations in 1994
İstanbul Airlines	Turkey			11	Ceased operations in 2000
Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos	Brazil		4	2	Ceased operations in 2000
Jatayu Airlines	Indonesia			8
JD Valenciana de Aviación	Venezuela			2	Ceased operations in 1994
Jetair	Germany		2		Ceased operations in 1985
K-Mile Air	Thailand			3
Kabo Air	Nigeria		7	8
Kalitta Charters	United States		4	14
Kam Air	Afghanistan		1	5
Key Airlines	United States		18	4	Ceased operations in 1993
KF Cargo	Canada		14	29
Kiwi International Air Lines	United States			22	Ceased operations in 1999
Korean Air	South Korea		5	12
Ladeco	Chile		6	20	Merged with LAN-Chile in 1998
LASER Airlines	Venezuela			5
Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas	Colombia		3	5	Ceased operations in 2023
Majestic Air	United States		1		Renamed to Carnival Air Lines in 1989
Mali Air Transport	Mali			1	Operated by the Government of Mali
Mandala Airlines	Indonesia			2
McClain Airlines	United States		4		Ceased operations in 1987
MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Mongolia			3	The 727(s) were retired from service in 2003.[4]
Megantara Air	Indonesia			1	Ceased operations in 2009
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	Indonesia			2
MGM Grand Air	United States		3		Rebranded as Champion Air in 2008
Nationwide Airlines	South Africa			3	Ceased operations in 2008
Nesu Air	Turkey			1	Leased from Kuwait Airways
Noble Air	Turkey			5
Northeastern International Airways	United States			5
Okada Air	Nigeria			6	Ceased operations in 1997
Oman Air	Oman		1	1
Orion Air	United States
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines	Philippines		1	1	Ceased operations in 2010
Pacific Interstate Airlines	United States		1		Renamed to Pacific Inter Air in 1985
Pacific Inter Air	United States		1		Renamed to Bahamas Express in 1987
Pacific Western Airlines	Canada			2
Palestinian Airlines	Palestine			1
Pan American Airways (1998–2004)	United States			7	Ceased operations in 2004
Panagra Airways	United States			7	Ceased operations in 1999
Panavia	Panama		1	1	Ceased operations in 2006
Payam Air	Iran			2
People Express Airlines	United States			46	Merged with Continental Airlines in 1987
Philippine Airlines	Philippines		2	2
Phoenix Airways	South Africa		5	1	Ceased operations in 1995
Piedmont Airlines	United States		8	34	Merged with USAir in 1989
Planet Airways	United States		1	6
Pride Air	United States		3	6	Ceased operations in 1985
Private Jet Expeditions	United States		1	3
Polynesian Airlines	Samoa			1	Leased from Ansett Australia
Premier Airlines	Australia		1	1	Renamed to Asian Express Airlines in 1996
Qatar Airways	Qatar			6
Quebecair	Canada		1
Raya Airways	Malaysia			3
Reeve Aleutian Airways	United States		2
Regent Air	United States		3
Rio Linhas Aéreas	Brazil			5	Ceased operations in 2017
Royal Brunei Airlines	Brunei			1
Royal Khmer Airlines	Cambodia			1	Ceased operations in 2007
Royal Nepal Airlines	Nepal		5
SAETA	Ecuador		2	3	Ceased operations in 2000
SAM Colombia	Colombia		14	6
SAN Ecuador	Ecuador		2	1	Ceased operations in 1999
Santa Bárbara Airlines	Venezuela			2
Scibe Airlift	Republic of the Congo		3		Ceased operations in 1998
Servivensa	Venezuela		3	1	Ceased operations in 2003
Sideral Linhas Aéreas	Brazil			2	Leased from Rio Linhas Aéreas
Silkway Business Aviation	Azerbaijan			1
Skybus Airlines (1985)	United States		3	4
SNAS Aviation	Saudi Arabia			5	Ceased operations in 2014
Sol Air	Honduras			2	Leased from Falcon Air Express
SonAir	Angola		1
Sultan Air	Turkey			2	Ceased operations in 1993
Sun Country Airlines	United States			42
TAESA Lineas Aéreas	Mexico		14	2	Ceased operations in 2000
TAF Linhas Aéreas	Brazil			5	Ceased operations in 2009
Talia Airways	Turkey			2	Ceased operations in 1988
TAME	Ecuador		3	6
Tasman Cargo Airlines	Australia			1
Tayfunair	Turkey			1
Teebah Airlines	Jordan			1	Operated by Iraqi Airways
Trans Air Congo	Republic of the Congo		3	1
TransAer International Airlines	Ireland			1
Transafrik International	Angola		14		3 aircraft are still in service
Transbrasil	Brazil		22
Transmile Air Services	Malaysia			17	Rebranded as Raya Airways in 2014
Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines	Indonesia		1	1
Trump Shuttle	United States		8	17	Acquired by US Airways Shuttle in 1992
Top Air	Turkey			4
Toros Air	Turkey		1	1	Ceased operations in 1989
Total Linhas Aéreas	Brazil			6	5 aircraft are still in service
TUR European Airways	Turkey		4	4	Ceased operations in 1994
UltrAir	United States			8	Ceased operations in 1994
UniWorld Air Cargo	Panama			1
UPS Airlines	United States		67	8
US Airways	United States			7
US Airways Shuttle	United States			12
USAir	United States		12	64	Renamed to US Airways in 1995
Varig Logística	Brazil		2	4	Ceased operations in 2012
Viasa	Venezuela			7	Ceased operations in 1997
Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam			1
Vensecar Internacional	Venezuela		3	3
Western Pacific Airlines	United States			2	Leased from Express One International
Wien Air Alaska	United States		6	1
Wimbi Dira Airways	DRC			1
Zuliana de Aviación	Venezuela			2
Sky Airline	Chile			1	only 727 used by the airline

As well as commercial operators the 727 has been used by military, government and private operators. The United States military used the 727 as a military transport, designated as the C-22.

 Afghanistan

• Afghan Air Force

 Angola

• Angolan Air Force

 Belgium

• Belgian Air Force

 Benin

• Military of Benin

Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso Air Force^[5]

 Cameroon

• Military of Cameroon

 Colombia

• Colombian Aerospace Force
• Government of Colombia

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[6]

 Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Air Force

Gambia

• Gambian National Guard^[7]

 Iran

• Imperial Iranian Air Force

Mali

• Malian Air Force^[8]

 Mexico

• Mexican Air Force
• Federal Preventive Police

 New Zealand

• No. 40 Squadron RNZAF
• Royal New Zealand Air Force

 Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force

 Panama

• Panamanian Air Force

 Qatar

• Qatar Amiri Flight

 Russia

• Government of Tatarstan

 Saudi Arabia

• Saudia Royal Flight

 Tajikistan

• Military of Tajikistan

 United Kingdom

• Oil Spill Response

 Yugoslavia

• SFR Yugoslav Air Force

Notes

Sources

• Cooper, Tom; Weinert, Peter; Hinz, Fabian; Lepko, Mark (2011). African MiGs, Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe. Houston: Harpia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9825539-8-5.
• Roach, John; Eastwood, Tony (1992). Jet Airliner Production List. West Drayton, England: The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-43-X.