I've put together this table showing the aircraft owned and on order in early 1958 by the major airlines owning large 4-engined aircraft (i.e. larger than a DC-4). Enjoy!
| Name | Fleet | On Order |
|---|---|---|
| Aaxico Airlines | 37 C-46 | 1 DC-6A |
| Allegheny Airlines | 15 DC-3 7 M202 |
|
| American Airlines | 56 DC-7 85 DC-6/A/B 63 CV-240 2 DC-4 |
2 DC-7 35 L-188 30 707-123 |
| Avalon Air Transport | 1 VS-44A 5 G-21A |
1 S-43 |
| Bonanza Air Lines | 10 DC-3 | 6 F-27 |
| Braniff Airways | 7 DC-7C 9 DC-6 6 CV-440 25 CV-340 23 DC-3 2 L-049 2 C-46 |
9 L-188 5 707-227 |
| Capital Airlines | 12 L-049 20 DC-4 20 DC-3 59 Viscount 745 |
9 CV-880 |
| Catalina Airlines | 2 D.H. Dove 2 DC-3 |
|
| Central Airlines | 13 DC-3 | |
| Continental Air Lines | 4 DC-7B 4 DC-6B 1 DC-6 13 DC-3 3 CV-440 6 CV-440 |
1 DC-7B 15 Viscount 810 4 707-124 |
| Delta Air Lines | 19 DC-7/B 7 DC-6 15 DC-3 4 L-049 20 CV-340 8 CV-440 5 C-46 |
2 DC-7B 8 DC-8 10 CV-880 |
| Eastern Air Lines | 31 DC-7B 10 L-1049G 16 L-1049C 12 L-1049 18 L-749 20 CV-440 57 M404 1 DC-4 |
18 DC-7B 40 L-188 20 DC-8 |
| Flying Tiger Line | 12 L-1049H 2 DC-6A |
|
| Frontier Airlines | 15 DC-3 | |
| Lake Central Airlines | 10 DC-3 | |
| Mackey Airlines | 3 DC-3 3 DC-4 |
2 F-27 |
| Mohawk Airlines | 9 DC-3 11 CV-240 |
|
| National Airlines | 4 DC-7B 4 DC-7 8 DC-6B 4 L-1049H 4 DC-6 12 CV-340 6 CV-440 |
23 L-188 6 DC-8 |
| North Central Airlines | 27 DC-3 | |
| Northeast Airlines | 11 DC-3 6 CV-240 10 DC-6B |
9 Viscount 745D |
| Northwest Orient Airlines | 9 B377 Stratocruisers 8 DC-7C 17 DC-6B 11 DC-4 5 DC-3 |
6 DC-7C 3 DC-6B 10 L-188 |
| Ozark Air Lines | 20 DC-3 | |
| Pacific Northern Airlines | 4 L-749 2 DC-4 4 DC-3 |
|
| Pacific Southwest Airlines | 4 DC-4 | 3 L-188 |
| PANAGRA | 5 DC-7B 5 DC-6B 2 DC-4 4 DC-3 |
4 DC-8 |
| Pan American World Airways | 24 B377 Stratocruiser 25 DC-7C 8 DC-7B 45 DC-6B 3 DC-6A 4 DC-6 26 DC-4 4 DC-3 |
6 707-121 17 707-321 21 DC-8 |
| Piedmont Aviation | 21 DC-3 | 8 F-27 |
| PBA | 1 L-10A 1 L-10E 2 T-50 1 Apache |
|
| Resort Airlines | 8 DC-4 | |
| Riddle Airlines | 32 C-46 4 DC-4 |
|
| Seaboard & Western Airlines | 2 L-1049D 1 L-1049E 7 L-1049H 3 DC-4 2 C-46 |
|
| Slick Airways | 7 DC-6A 8 DC-4 13 C-46 |
6 DC-6A |
| Southern Airways | 13 DC-3 | |
| Southwest Airways | 11 DC-3 7 M202 |
3 F-27 |
| Trans-Caribbean Airways | 3 DC-6B 3 DC-4 2 C-46 |
1 DC-8 |
| Transocean Air Lines | 2 L-1049H 5 DC-4 3 Albatross 1 Beechcraft |
|
| Trans-Texas Airways | 20 DC-3 | |
| Trans World Airlines | 25 L-1649A 28 L-1049G 13 L-1049 71 L049/749 48 M202/404 8 DC-4 1 C-82 |
15 707-131 18 707-331 30 CV-880 |
| United Air Lines | 48 DC-7 37 DC-6B 5 DC-6A 42 DC-6 53 CV-340 |
12 DC-7 2 DC-6A 40 DC-8 11 720 |
| West Coast Airlines | 14 DC-3 | 6 F-27 |
| Western Air Lines | 21 DC-6B 9 CV-240 5 DC-3 |
9 DC-6B 9 L-188 |
| Name | Fleet | On Order |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 1 DC-6B 3 DC-4 1 DC-3 3 C-46 14 single engine |
1 DC-6C |
| Northern Consolidated Airlines | 4 DC-3 10 T-50 |
3 F-27 |
| Reeve Aleutian Airways | 1 DC-4 2 DC-3 2 Goose 1 C-46 |
|
| Wien Alaska Airlines | 3 DC-3 4 C-46 3 Beech 18 7 single engine |
|
| Hawaiian Airlines | 5 CV-340 8 DC-3 |
1 DC-6C |
| Trans-Pacific Airlines (Aloha) | 8 DC-3 |
| Country | Name | Fleet | On Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Air Algerie | 2 L-749 8 DC-4 3 DC-3 3 Noratlas |
3 Caravelle |
| Argentina | Aerolineas Argentinas | 14 DC-3 6 DC-6 6 DC-4 2 DC-3 4 CV-240 6 Sandringham |
6 Comet 4 |
| Transcontinental | 5 C-46 | 3 L-1049H 4 CV-880 |
|
| Austrailia | Ansett Airways | 4 DC-6B 2 DC-6 7 DC-4 8 DC-3 2 Sandringham 6 CV-440 2 CV-340 3 Bristol 170 1 Sycamore 1 S.O. 1221 Djinn |
3 L-188 6 Viscount 832 6 F.27 |
| Butler Aviation | 2 Viscount 747 3 Ambassador 3 DC-3 |
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| QANTAS | 3 L-1049C 3 L-1049E 5 L-1049G 2 L-1049H 5 DC-4 8 DC-3 2 Catalina 4 Beaver 1 Drover |
4 L-188 7 707-138 |
|
| Trans-Australia Airlines | 11 Viscount 720/756 2 CV-240 4 DC-4 17 DC-3 4 Drover |
2 Viscount 756 12 F.27 2 L-188 |
|
| Austria | Austrian Airlines | 4 Viscount 779D | |
| Belgium | SABENA | 6 DC-7C 2 DC-6C 8 DC-6B 3 DC-6 9 DC-4 28 DC-3 12 CV-440 |
4 DC-7C 5 707-329 |
| Bolivia | Lloyd Aereo Boliviano | 2 DC-4 10 DC-3 6 B-17 |
3 F.27 |
| Brazil | Loide Aereo | 3 DC-4 15 C-46 |
4 DC-6 3 DC-4 |
| REAL | 4 L-1049H 8 CV-440 6 CV-340 3 DC-4 82 DC-3 16 C-46 |
6 CV-440 4 CV-880 |
|
| Panair do Brasil | 4 DC-7C 10 L-049 14 DC-3 4 PBY-5A |
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| VARIG | 5 L-1049G 10 CV-240 22 DC-3 |
5 Caravelle 3 707-441 |
|
| VASP | 15 DC-3 17 Scandia |
5 Viscount | |
| British Central Africa | Central African Airways | 5 Viscount 748 2 Viking 5 DC-3 6 Beaver |
|
| British East Africa | East African Airways | 9 DC-3 4 Rapide 3 DC-4M2 |
1 DC-4M2 2 Comet |
| British West Indies | British West Indian Airways | 6 Viscount 702/754 3 DC-3 1 Viking |
2 Viscount 754 1 DC-3 |
| Burma | Burma Airways | 3 Viscount 761D 1 IL-14 1 PBY-5A 1 Auster 5 2 Marathon 3 Dove 8 DC-3 |
|
| Cambodia | Royal Air Cambodge | 1 B307 1 DC-3 |
|
| Canada | Canadian Pacific Air Lines | 11 DC-6B 11 DC-3 5 CV-240 6 C-46 1 Canso 2 Otter |
4 DC-6B 6 Britannia 314 |
| Maritime Central Airways | 3 DC-4 7 DC-3 3 C-46 1 Beaver 3 Beech 18 |
2 DC-6B | |
| Pacific Western Airlines | 2 DC-4 2 York 2 C-46 3 CAnso 2 Mallard 7 Anson 23 Beaver 3 Otter 12 Norseman 15 misc. |
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| Quebecair | 8 DC-3 2 Catalina 1 Beech 18S |
2 F.27 | |
| Trans-Canada Air Lines | 21 DC-4M2 4 L-1049C 3 L-1049E 2 L-1049G 2 L-1049H 31 Viscount 724/757 18 DC-3 |
20 Viscount 757 20 Vanguard 950 6 DC-8 |
|
| Wheeler Air Lines | 3 DC-4 4 DC-3 2 C-46 2 PBY-5A 1 Beech 18 2 Otter 2 Beaver 5 Norseman 1 Cessna 180 7 Stearman 450 |
2 F.27 | |
| Ceylon | Air Ceylon | 1 L-749A 2 DC-3 |
|
| Chile | LAN | 2 L-10A 1 Bonanza 17 DC-3 4 M202 3 DC-6B |
4 DC-6B |
| Colombia | Avianca | 1 L-749A 2 L-1049E 1 L-1049G 12 DC-4 31 DC-3 |
|
| Rutas Aereas de Colombia | 3 DC-4 3 DC-3 |
3 L-749 | |
| Cuba | CUBANA | 3 L-1049G 1 L-049 3 Viscount 755D 6 DC-3 1 C-46 |
2 Britannia 318 4 Viscount 818 2 707-139 |
| Czechoslovakia | CSA | 3 Tu-104A 10 IL-14 7 IL-12 7 Li-2 21 DC-3 |
|
| Ecuador | Aerovias Ecuatorianas | 2 B377 Stratocruiser 4 DC-3 5 Anson 3 Navion |
1 F.27 |
| Egypt | Misrair | 2 Viscount 739 7 Viking 1B 2 DC-3 1 Beech 18S |
2 Viscount |
| El Salvador | Taca International Airlines | 1 Viscount 3 DC-4 1 C-46 |
2 Viscount |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Airlines | 3 CV-240 8 DC-3 |
3 DC-6B |
| Finland | FINNAIR | 6 CV-440 10 DC-3 |
3 Caravelle |
| France | TAI | 3 DC-7C 4 DC-6B 1 DC-6 2 DC-4 3 DC-3 |
3 DC-8 |
| Air France | 8 L-1649A 14L-1049G 8 L-1049C 16 L-749 11 Viscount 708 12 Provence 22 DC-4 30 DC-3 |
2 L-1649A 24 Caravelle 17 707-328 |
|
| UAT | 7 DC-6 1 DC-4 8 Heron 4 Noratlas |
5 Noratlas 2 DC-6 2 DC-8 |
|
| West Germany | Lufthansa | 8 L-1049G 4 L-1649A 9 CV-440 3 DC-3 |
9 Viscount 814 4 707-430 |
| Great Britain | Airwork | 2 Viscount 736 4 Hermes 4 5 Viking |
2 Viscount 831 |
| BEA | 1 Viscount 806 22 Viscount 802 25 Viscount 701 14 Ambassador 46 DC-3 3 DH 89A Rapide 2 DH 114 Heron |
17 Viscount 806 20 Vanguard 951 6 Comet 4B 24 DH 121 |
|
| BOAC | 15 Britannia 102 4 Britannia 312 10 DC-7C 16 B377 Stratocruiser 5 L-749A 17 Argonaut |
14 Britannia 312 19 Comet 4 15 707-436 35 VC-10 |
|
| Eagle Aviation | 17 Viking 1 Viscount 805 |
1 Viscount 805 | |
| Hunting-Clan Air Transport | 3 Viscount 732 9 Viking 3 York 3 DC-3 |
2 DC-6A 2 Britannia 317 3 Viscount 833 |
|
| Transair | 2 Viscount 804 11 DC-3 |
1 Viscount 804 | |
| Greece | Olympic Airways | 1 DC-4 14 DC-3 1 Argus |
3 DC-6B 2 DC-8 |
| Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific | 1 DC-6 1 DC-4 1 DC-3 |
1 DC-6B 2 L-188 |
| Hong Kong Airways | 2 Viscount 760 | ||
| Iceland | Icelandair | 2 Viscount 759 1 DC-4 3 DC-3 2 Catalina |
|
| Loftleidir | 4 DC-4 | ||
| India | Air India | L-1049G 5 L-1049E 1 DC-3 |
4 L-1049G 3 707-437 |
| Indian Airlines | 4 DC-4 63 DC-3 12 Viking 8 Heron |
10 Viscount 768 | |
| Indonesia | Garuda Indonesian Airways | 8 CV-240 8 CV-340 20 DC-3 |
3 CV-440 3 L-188 |
| Iran | Iranian Airways | 2 CV-240 2 DC-4 6 DC-3 2 Dove 4 Rapide |
3 Viscount |
| Iraq | Iraqi Airways | 3 Viscount 735 3 Viking 1 Dove |
1 Viscount 773 |
| Ireland | Aer Lingus | 1 Viscount 808 4 Viscount 707 10 DC-3 |
5 Viscount 808 7 F.27 |
| Israel | El Al Israel Airlines | 3 Britannia 313 4 L-049 |
1 Britannia 313 |
| Italy | Alitalia | 4 DC-7C 11 DC6/B 2 CV-440 4 CV-340 10 Viscount 785 12 DC-3 |
6 DC-8 |
| Japan | Japan Air Lines | 1 DC-7C 6 DC-6B 8 DC-4 |
3 DC-7C 4 DC-8 |
| Lebanon | Air Liban | 2 DC-6C 2 DC-4 3 DC-3 1 SE161 Languedoc |
1 DC-6C |
| Lebanese International Airways | 2 L-1049? | ||
| Middle East Airlines | 6 Viscount 754 3 DC-3 3 York 1 Bristol 170 |
1 Viscount 754 | |
| Mexico | Aeronaves de Mexico | 2 Britannia 302 4 CV-340 3 L-749 2 DC-4 11 DC-3 |
1 Britannia 302 2 L-188 |
| Mexicana | 3 DC-7C 4 DC-6 6 DC-4 19 DC-3 4 C-82 |
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| Guest Aerovias | 2 L-749A 1 DC-4 2 C-82 |
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| Trans Mar de Cortes | 3 DC-3 | 1 F-27 | |
| Morocco | Royale Air Maroc | 1 L-749A 4 DC-4 3 DC-3 |
3 Caravelle |
| Netherlands | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 2 Viscount 803 10 DC-7C 8 DC-6A/B 6 DC-6 5 DC-4 14 CV-340 2 CV-240 14 DC-3 |
2 DC-7C 3 L-1049H 12 L-188 8 DC-8 |
| New Zealand | New Zealand National Airways | 1 Viscount 807 26 DC-3 1 DH 89 |
2 Viscount 807 |
| TEAL | 3 DC-6 1 Solent 4 |
3 L-188 | |
| Nicaragua | LANICA | 6 DC-3 2 C-46 1 Beech C-45 |
2 Viscount 786 |
| Norway | SAFE | 2 DC-4 2 DC-3 2 Heron |
3 F.27 |
| Pakistan | Pakistan International Airlines | 3 L-1049C 4 CV-240 10 DC-3 |
2 L-1049H 3 Viscount 815 |
| Philippines | Philippine Air Lines | 2 Viscount 784 1 CV-340 24 DC-3 |
5 Twin Pioneer 2 F.27 |
| Portugal | TAP | 3 L-1049G 3 DC-4 6 DC-3 |
|
| Portugese East Africa | DETA | 3 DC-3 3 Lodestar 4 Dove 2 Ju52/3m 1 Dragonfly 2 Hornet Moth |
1 DC-3 2 F.27 |
| Scandinavia | SAS | 14 DC-7C 13 DC-6B 12 DC-6 16 CV-440 2 Scandia 4 DC-3 |
4 CV-440 12 Caravelle 7 DC-8 |
| South Africa | South African Airways | 3 DC-7B 4 L-749A 7 DC-4 6 DC-3 |
1 DC-7B 7 Viscount 813 3 707-320 |
| Spain | Iberia | 5 L-1049G 6 DC-4 5 CV-440 16 DC-3 4 Bristol 170 |
|
| Switzerland | Swissair | 4 DC-7C 6 DC-6B 3 DC-4 11 CV-440 8 DC-3 |
1 DC-6A 1 DC-7C 3 DC-8 |
| Taiwan | Civil Air Transport | 3 DC-4 25 C-46 5 DC-3 2 Catalina |
2 DC-6B |
| Thailand | Thai Airways | 3 L-1049G 3 DC-4 4 DC-3 1 Norseman 1 Bonanza |
|
| Turkey | THY | 21 DC-3 7 Heron |
5 Viscount 794 |
| Uruguay | PLUNA | 6 DC-3 | 3 Viscount 769 |
| Venezuela | AVENSA | 2 CV-440 5 CV-340 17 DC-3 3 C-46 |
5 F-27 |
| LAV | 3 Viscount 749 1 L-1049G 2 M202 30 DC-3 4 C-46 |
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| Vietnam | Aigle Azur | 6 B307 6 DC-3 1 Bristol Freighter 1 C-46 2 Otter 2 Beaver |
|
| Yugoslavia | JAT | 2 CV-440 2 CV-340 13 DC-3 6 IL-14 |
2 DC-6B |
Sources: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-1959 and Lockheed
Constellation (Stringfellow and Bowers)