Scheduled DC-3 Routes

[L'aviateur]

Are there any scheduled routes in the world still using a DC-3 or similar vintage aircraft?
Maybe in Africa or Asia? There used to be a route in the Philippines but that finished about 3 or 4 years back.

[Avionyx]

Passenger Service | Buffalo Airways (http://www.buffaloairways.com/passenger-service)

That the kind of thing you're after?

[Sunnyjohn]

Amazing - it's a living museum. Here's their fleet, copied from their website:

BUFFALO AIRWAYS AIRCRAFT FLEET
Lockheed L-188 Electra Freighters
Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-4 Tankers
Douglas DC-3
Curtiss C-46
Canadair CL-215
Canso
Baron
King Air
Travel Air
Cessna 185
Norseman

[11Fan]

There are a pair that run back and forth out of Long Beach Airport.

At present, CFB has four aircraft; two DC-3’s that will carry 7,500 lb. payload with 1,500 cubic feet, one B-18’s with 2,500 lb. payload with 280 cubic feet and one Cessna Caravan with 3,000 lb. payload and 400 cubic feet. Nearly all of CFB’s business is the transportation by air and delivery of cargo to Catalina Island.

The Catalina operation moves approximately 5 million pounds of freight per year and consists of UPS, US Mail, FedEx, DHL, FedEx Ground and general freight. In addition to the Catalina operation, CFB runs a nightly charter business to Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.

[Hotel Tango]

Not sure the the LGB pair are actually flying a set daily schedule - and they're cargo I believe. Still plenty of Daks flying around on ad hoc basis. I do believe that the Buffalo operation is now the only scheduled passenger service available. Did it myself a few years ago.

[henry crun]

Chathams Air use a DC3 on some island routes.
DC3 Restoration Photos (http://www.chathamspacific.com/gallery/4700/DC3_Restoration_Photos.html)

[11Fan]

Hotel Tango,

You are correct. I forgot to include the link in my post where it does say...

Passenger service was introduced but the airline continued to struggle and was purchased by Steve Franklin of Aeronautical Services, Inc. (ASI) in April of 1989. Shortly after the purchase of CFB, ASI did away with the seaplanes and passenger service and concentrated on land plane operations by using two Dehavilind Otters.


Catalina Flying Boats, Inc. Air Freight Service (http://wikimapia.org/9408463/Catalina-Flying-Boats-Inc-Air-Freight-Service)

As for schedules, I don't know for certain but these two are constantly in and out of LGB. Great sight and a distinct sound.

[caiman27]

I see that the various Venezuelan airlines seem to have given up on the DC3 and have found other, more modern types to crash.

[TSR2]

As seen on Ice Pilots. Must be the original and ultimate no-frills airline.

[lilflyboy262]

There is a DC3 that does flying safari tours around Southern Africa. Its not scheduled but available.

[Round Engine]

Yes, we fly daily DC-3 passenger services between Tongatapu and Lifuka Island, as well as additional flights to Vava'u as well. We operate these services 6 days a week between one and three times daily depending on pax loads.:cool::cool::cool:

Please see here;

Chathams Pacific Home (http://www.chathamspacific.com/)

http://www.michaelprophet.com/News_articles/News_articles2010/images_UpdateDC-3/3.jpg

Boarding DC 3, Pangai, Tonga (http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-photo/diene/4/1295755406/03.jpg/tpod.html)

Thunder over Tonga: Want to see what a REAL airliner looks like? | The Wanderer (http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/wanderer/2010/11/12/thunder-over-tonga-want-to-see-what-a-real-airliner-looks-like/)

75 years and a day: The Douglas DC-3 then and now | The Wanderer (http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/wanderer/2010/12/18/75-years-and-a-day-the-douglas-dc-3-then-and-now/)