DHBC DH.89 Dragon Rapide operators

This is a list and image gallery of DHBC DH.89 Dragon Rapide operators.

Air British Columbia (BC)
Air British Columbia operated six Dragon Rapides inherited from Vancouver Island Air Service and West Coast Air Services in 1947; they were sold or retired between 1948 and 1952. Three were fitted with floats.

Avianca (Colombia)
Avianca of Colombia inherited four Dragon Rapides from predecessor Servicio Aéreo Colombiano in 1940, retiring them between 1957 and 1961. One is preserved in Medellín.

BC Government Air Service (BC)
The BC Government Air Service bought eight Dragon Rapides from DHBC in 1940 and 1941; four were fitted with floats. Two were transferred to the Royal BC Constabulary in 1960, the remainder were retired between 1959 and 1965.

Canadian Pacific Air Lines (BC/Canada)
Canadian Pacific Air Lines inherited eight Dragon Rapides in 1942, operating them in BC; one was lost in a crash in 1954, the rest were retired or sold between 1951 and 1959.

Central BC Airways (BC)
Central BC Airways bought two Dragon Rapides from DHBC in 1938; they were passed on to successor Pacific Western Airlines in 1952.

Eldorado Radium Silver Express (Canada)
Eldorado Radium Silver Express, a Canadian Crown corporation, bought one float-equipped Dragon Rapide new from DHBC in 1937 to fly personnel between Edmonton, Alberta and Port Radium, Northwest Territories, and pitchblende from Port Radium to the Eldorado refinery in Port Hope, Ontario. During the Second World War, the Port Radium pitchblende was the primary source of uranium for the atomic bomb programme. The Dragon Rapide crashed in 1947; the wreckage was retrieved in 2006, and the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is planning to restore the aircraft.

Haida Air Charter (BC)
on floats

Mexicana de Aviación (Mexico)
Mexicana de Aviación

Pacific Western Airlines (BC/Canada)
4 on floats (ex QCA)

Queen Charlotte Airlines (BC)
all on floats

Royal BC Constabulary (BC)
3 on floats

Servicio Aéreo Colombiano (Colombia)
Servicio Aéreo Colombiano (SACO)

West Coast Air Services (BC)
3 on floats