List of Dornier 228 operators

In July 2017, 63 Dornier 228 were in airline service.^[1] Other operators include law enforcement, paramilitary operators and military operators.

Civilian operators

Gorkha Airlines in Pokhara Airport, Nepal

Vision Airlines at North Las Vegas Airport

Lufttransport 228NG in Svalbard

• Aerocardal (3)
• Agni Air (2) leased to Simrik Airlines^[usurped]
• Air Caraïbes (3)
• Air Marshall Islands (2)
• Air West Coast (2)
• Alkan Air (2)
• Alliance Air (2)
• APSA Colombia (1)
• Arcus Air (2)
• Bighorn Airways (3)
• Daily Air (4)
• Divi Divi Air (1)
• Dornier Aviation Nigeria (9)
• GAM Aviation (3)
• German Aerospace Center (2)
• Gorkha Airlines (2)
• Inter Island Airways (1)
• Island Aviation (3)
• Jagson Airlines (2)
• Lufttransport (2)
• National Cartographic Center of Iran (3)^[2]
• New Central Airservice (3)
• Sevenair (4)
• Simrik Airlines (2) owned by Agni Air
• Sita Air (4)
• Summit Air (5)
• Vision Airlines (1)
• MAYAir (2)

Dornier 228-200NG/212NG:

• Aurigny (2)
• Lufttransport (1)
• New Central Airservice (3)
• Alliance Air (India) (1) + 1 on order

Police, law enforcement, paramilitary operations

Finnish Border Guard

Netherlands Coastguard

Finland

• Finnish Border Guard^[3]

 India

• Indian Coast Guard – 38 Dornier 228-101 maritime surveillance aircraft

Iran

• National Cartographic Center of Iran – 2 Dornier Do-228-212 used for aerial survey

Netherlands

• Netherlands Coastguard (2)

Oman

• Royal Oman Police Air Wing

Mauritius

• Mauritius Coast Guard - 3 Dornier Do-228-212 in service.

 United Kingdom

• Marine Fisheries Agency
• Ministry of Defence (Wet Lease from Summit Air)

Military operators

German Navy Pollution control

Indian Navy twins

Bangladesh Navy Do-228NG MPA

 Angola

• National Air Force of Angola^{[citation needed]}

 Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Naval Aviation – 4 Dornier 228NG MPA.^[4][5]

Germany

• Marineflieger – 2 Dornier 228NG (MPA, Recce)^[4]

 Guyana

• Guyana Defence Force - 2 ordered from HAL.^[6] Delivered on 1st April 2024.^[7] Commissioned on 18 November 2024.^[8]

India

• Indian Air Force – operates 61 Dornier 228-201, with 1 on order.^[9]
• Indian Navy – operates 29 Dornier 228-201 and have 5 on order.^[9]
• Indian Coast Guard - operates 36 Dornier 228-201.
• DRDO – 1 Dornier 228 “Nabhratna” used as a flying test bed by LRDE^[10]

 Italy

• Italian Army Aviation - 3^[11][12]

Malawi

• Military of Malawi – 3^[4]

Maldives

• Maldives National Defence Force

Niger

• Niger Air Force – one delivered in 1986^[13]

Nigeria

• Nigerian Air Force – 1^[4]

Seychelles

• Seychelles Air Force – 2, gifted by India

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Air Force – 1, +1 on order from HAL^[14]

Thailand

• Royal Thai Navy – 7 MPA, locally designated B.LW.1 (Thai: บ.ลว.๑).^[4][15]

Venezuela

• Venezuelan Air Force – 3 + 7 orders^[4]

Former military operators

Cape Verde

• Coast Guard of Cape Verde^[16]

Bhutan

• Royal Bhutan Army (Bhutan Army Air Wing)^[17][18]

Germany

• German Air Force