The Lockheed Constellation was used by dozens of airlines and militaries around the world. In military service, the Navy/Air Force EC-121 Warning Star variant remained operational until 1978, nearly 40 years after work on the L-049 began.
♠ Original operators
Commercial Lockheed built 856 planes. Civilian airlines that operated the Constellation included:
Aerolíneas Carreras Aerotransportes Entre Ríos - AER Trans Atlántica Argentina Transcontinental ♠
Qantas ♠
Aero Transport
Sabena
Panair do Brasil Real Transportes Aéreos ♠ Varig ♠
Nordair ♠ Trans Canada Airlines ♠ (Now Air Canada)
Air Ceylon
Transportes Aéreos Squella (Taiwan) China Airlines
Avianca ♠ LANZA
Cubana de Aviación ♠
Aerolineas Mundo S.A.-AMSA Aerotours Dominicana Aerovías Quisqueyana
Air France ♠ CATAIR - Compagnie d'Affretements et de Transports Aeriens
Lufthansa ♠
Air Haiti International
Air India ♠
Aer Lingus ♠
El Al ♠
Air Afrique
Korean National Airlines (Now Korean Air)
Luxair
Aeronaves de México (Now Aeromexico) Aerovias Guest ♠
Royal Air Maroc
KLM ♠
Pakistan International Airlines
AFISA - Aero Fletes Internacionales SA Líneas Aéreas de Panama
Lloyd Aéreo Paraguayo
LANSA Perú Internacional - COPISA Trans-Peruana
Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (TAP) ♠
Government of Senegal
South African Airways ♠ Trek Airways
Iberia ♠
Thai Airways Company ♠
ACE Freighters British Overseas Airways Corporation Britannia Airways Euravia Falcon Airways Trans European Aviation Skyways of London Universal Sky Tours
Aerovias Sud Americana (aka ASA International Airlines) Airlift International Alaska Airlines American Airlines American Flyers Airline American Overseas Airlines ♠ (7 x L-049) Associated Air Transport Braniff International Airways California Eastern Airways California Hawaiian Airlines Capital Airlines Capitol Airways Central American Airways Central American International Chicago and Southern Air Lines ♠ Delta Air Lines Eastern Air Lines ♠ Federal Aviation Administration Flying Tiger Line ♠ Great Lakes Airlines Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Imperial Airlines Intercontinent Airways Miami Airlines Modern Air Transport NASA National Airlines ♠ (4 x L-1049H) Northwest Orient Airlines Pacific Air Transport Pacific Northern Airlines Pan American World Airways ♠ Paradise Airlines Regina Cargo Airlines Resort Airlines ♠ Standard Airways Seaboard & Western Airlines ♠ ( 4 x L-1049D, 5 x L-1049H) Seaboard World Airlines Slick Airways ♠ South Pacific Air Lines Trans International Airlines Trans World Airlines ♠ (launch operator) Western Airlines Wien Air Alaska
Aerolíneas Uruguayas Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya (CAUSA)
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) ♠
Military operators
French Air Force
Indian Air Force Indian Navy
Indonesian Air Force
Israeli Air Force
United States Air Force ♠ United States Navy ♠
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