List of Junkers Ju 52 operators

Civil operators

The Junkers Ju 52 was utilized by a wide range of commercial airlines across the globe.

Argentina

• Aeroposta Argentina
• Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE)
• Ministry of Agriculture

Austria

• Österreichische Luftverkehrs

Belgium

• Sabena

Bolivia

• Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano

Brazil

• Aeronorte
• Cruzeiro do Sul
• Syndicato Condor - Serviços Aéreos Condor
• VASP
• VARIG

Canada

• Canadian Airways Limited
• Canadian Pacific Airlines

China

• Eurasia

Czechoslovakia

• ČSA Československé aerolinie
• Postwar Government of Czechoslovakia

Denmark

• Det Danske Luftfartsselskab

Estonia

• AGO

Finland

• Aero Oy
• DLL

France

• Aero Cargo
• Aigle Azur
• Air France
• Air Nolis
• Air Ocean
• Avions Bleus
• CTA Languedoc Roussillon
• LASO France
• Société Auxiliare de Navigation Aérienne
• SOCOTRA
• Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux

Nazi Germany

• Deruluft
• Deutsche Lufthansa

Germany

• Deutsche Luft Hansa
• Lufthansa (maintained one Ju 52 for special missions)

Greece

• Elliniki Eteria Enaerion Sinkinonion

EEES operated three Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft beginning June 28, 1938. These planes were all assigned to the Royal Hellenic Air Force during the 1940-41 conflict and were subsequently seized by the Wehrmacht, later transferred to the Luftwaffe.

Hungary

• Malert

Italy

• Ala Littoria

Mozambique

• Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aéreos

New Guinea

• Gibbes Sepik Airways
• Mandated Airlines

From 1955 to 1959, Gibbes Sepik Airways operated three Ju 52/3m aircraft acquired from Sweden. Mandated Airlines took over Gibbes Sepik Airways in 1959 and continued flying the two remaining aircraft until 1960.

Norway

• Det Norske Luftfartselskap

Poland

• LOT Polish Airlines (operated a single Ju 52 between 1936 and 1939)

Portugal

• Aero Portuguesa

Romania

• LARES
• Transnistrian air section

South Africa

• South African Airways

Soviet Union

• Deruluft
• Aeroflot

Spanish State

• Iberia Airlines

Sweden

• AB Aerotransport

Switzerland

• Ju-Air (currently operates two Ju 52 aircraft)

Turkey

• Turkish Airlines

United Kingdom

• British Airways Limited
• British European Airways
• British Overseas Airways Corporation
• Railway Air Services

Uruguay

• Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya S.A. (CAUSA)

Yugoslavia

• JAT

Austria

• Austrian Air Force

Belgium

• Belgian Air Force

Belgian Congo

• Force Publique

Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Air Force

Colombia

• Colombian Air Force

Croatia

• Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak Air Force (post-World War II)

Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Air Force

France

• French Air Force (post-World War II)
• French Navy (post-World War II)

After liberation, France resumed production of the Ju 52 under the designation AAC 1 Toucan through Amiot, manufacturing more than 500 units. These aircraft played a significant role in both metropolitan France and its colonial military operations in Algeria, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Nazi Germany

• Luftwaffe

Greece

• Hellenic Air Force

Hungary

• Royal Hungarian Air Force

Italy

• Regia Aeronautica

Norway

• Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service: Leased a single aircraft from DNL between January and April 1940.
• Norwegian Air Force (postwar, captured aircraft)

Peru

• Peruvian Air Force

Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force

Kingdom of Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force
• Romanian Air Force (postwar)

South Africa

• South African Air Force

Slovakia

• Slovak Air Force (1939–1945)

Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force (postwar)

Spanish State

• Spanish Air Force

Sweden

• Swedish Air Force

Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force

Syria

• Syrian Air Force (postwar)

United States

• United States Army Air Forces

The USAAF operated a single example designated as Junkers C-79.

Yugoslavia

• SFR Yugoslav Air Force
  • 1st Transport Aviation Regiment (1944–1948)
  • 119th Transport Aviation Regiment (1948–1966)
  • 81st Support Aviation Regiment (1961–1964)