In July 2017, 63 Dornier 228 were in airline service. Other operators include law enforcement, paramilitary operators and military operators.
Civilian operators
Aerocardal (3) Air Marshall Islands (2) Air West Coast (2) Alkan Air (2) Alliance Air (2) Arcus Air (2) Bighorn Airways (3) CorpFlite (1) 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) New Central Airservice (3) Sevenair (4) Sita Air (4) Summit Air (5) MAYAir (2)
Dornier 228-200NG/212NG: Lufttransport (2) New Central Airservice (6) Alliance Air (India) (1) + 1 on order
Police, law enforcement, paramilitary operations
Finnish Border Guard
Indian Coast Guard – 41 Dornier 228-101 maritime surveillance aircraft. 8 on order.
Iranian Navy
National Cartographic Center of Iran – 2 Dornier Do-228-212 used for aerial survey
Netherlands Coastguard (2)
Royal Oman Police Air Wing
Mauritius Coast Guard - 3 Dornier Do-228-212 in service.
Marine Fisheries Agency Ministry of Defence (Wet Lease from Summit Air)
Military operators
National Air Force of Angola
Bangladesh Navy – 4 Dornier 228NG MPA.
Marineflieger – 2 Dornier 228NG (MPA, Recce)
Guyana Defence Force - 2 ordered from HAL. Delivered on 1st April 2024. Commissioned on 18 November 2024.
Indian Air Force – operates 61 Dornier 228-201, 6 on order. Indian Navy – operates 29 Dornier 228-201, Includes 4 upgraded variants, 8 more on order. Rest being upgraded. DRDO – 1 Dornier 228 “Nabhratna” used as a flying test bed by LRDE
Italian Army Aviation - 3Hoyle, Craig. "World Air Forces Directory". Flight International, 13–19 December 2011. ISSN 0015-3710. pp. 26–52. p. 41.
Military of Malawi – 3
Maldives National Defence Force
Niger Air Force – one delivered in 1986
Nigerian Air Force – 1
Seychelles Air Force – 2, gifted by India
Sri Lanka Air Force – 1, +1 on order from HAL
Royal Thai Navy – 7 MPA, locally designated B.LW.1 ().
Venezuelan Air Force – 3 + 7 orders
Former military operators
Coast Guard of Cape Verde
Royal Bhutan Army (Bhutan Army Air Wing)
German Air Force
References