List of Cessna 208 Caravan operators
The Cessna 208 Caravan is used by governmental organizations and by a large number of companies for police, air ambulance, passenger transport, air charter, freight, and parachuting operations. With 239 aircraft,[1] FedEx is the largest operator of the Cessna 208.
Operators
- Afghan Air Force – 25[2]
- Royal Bahamas Defence Force – 1[2]
- Trans Island Airways – 4
- Island Wings Charter – 1
- Cherokee Air – 2
- Bangladesh Army – 1[2] C-208B Grand Caravan for logistical, Para drops
- Cameroon Air Force – 2 in ISR role as of February 2018[4]
- Chadian Air Force – 2 in ISR role as of February 2018[4]
- Chilean Army – 3[2]
- Colombian Air Force – 6 special mission (recce) + 10 transport[2]
- Colombian Army – 8[2]
- Colombian Navy – 3[2]
- Iraqi Air Force – 3 special mission (recce) + 3 Training[2]
- Buzzard Aviation (Buzzair) – 1 Caravan (+1 dismissed Grand Caracan) for skydiving, passengers and cargo activities
- Mali Air Force – 1 in ISR role[5]
- Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie – 2 + 1 ordered[2]
- Niger Air Force – 2 Recce + 1 transport[2]
- Pakistan Army – 6[2]
- National Aeronaval Service of Panama – 3[2]
- Paraguayan Air Force – 2[2]
- Peruvian Army – 1[2]
- Philippine Air Force – 2 ISR [6][7]
- South African Air Force – 1 EW + 7 transport[2]
- Coastal Aviation – 18[9]
- United Arab Emirates Air Force – 2 + 1 recce + 8 transport[2]
- Mokulele Airlines - 14
- United States Army – 2[2]
- United States Marshals Service – 1[12][13][14]
- New York City Police Department[15]
- Southern Airways Express – 19
- Air Choice One – 12
- Tropic Ocean Airways – 9
- Shoreline Aviation – 12
- Fly The Whale – 5
- Tailwind Aviation – 2
- Privera – 1
- Gold Aviation – 1
- Yemeni Air Force – 2 recce[2]
A total of 134 Cessna 208s were in military service in 2016.[2]
References
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- "L'Union européenne appuie les capacités aériennes du Mali pour lutter contre l'insécurité et le terrorisme" (Press release) (in French). European Commission. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- "Cessna 208B first in PH aircraft stable - DND chief". Philippine News Agency. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- Dominguez, Gabriel (27 July 2017). "Philippine Air Force receives two Cessna 208B ISR aircraft from US". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- SoftPower (25 June 2020). "Rwanda Moves To Increase Air Force Capacity By Acquiring Textron C-208EX Aircraft". Kampala: SoftPower Uganda. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- Zephania Ubwani (15 February 2019). "Coastal Aviation To Ply Serengeti, Ruaha Routes". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Aerolink Uganda (2019). "Aerolink Uganda Fleet". Entebbe: Aerolink Uganda. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Titus Kakembo (12 April 2016). "Air Serv Extending A Humanitarian Hand To The Region" (PDF). New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Tess Riski (15 June 2020). "A Mysterious Plane Circled Over Portland Protests for Hours. The U.S. Marshals Service Won't Say If It's Theirs". Willamette Week. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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- Trevithick, Joseph (August 3, 2018). "Wait, The New York Police Department Has A Spy Plane For Hunting Dirty Bombs?". The Drive.
The New York Police Department had obtained the modified Cessna C208B Grand Caravan, which carries the civil registration number N23FH, though a Preparedness Grant, also known as a “Non-Disaster” grant, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2017.
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