Supermarine Sea Otter Civil Operators

The Supermarine Sea Otter was an amphibious aircraft was used by civil operators after the Second World War. Supermarine converted some surplus Sea Otters to a civilian configuration, adding facilities such as a lavatory and a baggage compartment¹. Some of these aircraft were used for passenger and cargo transport, aerial survey work, and air ambulance services²³.

Some of the civil operators of the Sea Otter were:

• Adastra Airways, an Australian company that operated two Sea Otters for aerial survey work from 1953 to 1960²³.
• Aero O/Y, a Finnish company that operated one Sea Otter for passenger and cargo transport between Helsinki and Stockholm from 1948 to 1952⁴.
• Air Couriers Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for air ambulance services in the Middle East from 1950 to 1952⁴.
• Air Navigation and Trading Co Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for charter flights and air-sea rescue work from 1948 to 1953⁴.
• Aquila Airways, a British company that operated two Sea Otters for passenger and cargo transport between Southampton and the Channel Islands from 1948 to 1950⁴.
• Aviation Traders Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for charter flights and air-sea rescue work from 1948 to 1951⁴.
• British European Airways (BEA), a British company that operated four Sea Otters for passenger and cargo transport between Southampton and Jersey from 1946 to 1948⁴.
• Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL), a Danish company that operated four Sea Otters for passenger and cargo transport between Copenhagen and Bornholm from 1946 to 1951⁴.
• Faroe Airways Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for passenger and cargo transport between Aberdeen and the Faroe Islands from 1948 to 1950⁴.
• Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for aerial survey work in Africa from 1950 to 1952⁴.
• Olley Air Service Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for charter flights and air-sea rescue work from 1947 to 1951⁴.
• Overseas Aviation Ltd, a British company that operated one Sea Otter for charter flights and air-sea rescue work from 1949 to 1951⁴.
• Silver City Airways Ltd, a British company that operated two Sea Otters for passenger and cargo transport between Southampton and Cherbourg from 1948 to 1950⁴.

Sources
(1) Supermarine Sea Otter – Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Sea_Otter.
(2) Supermarine Type 309 Sea Otter | Royal Australian Navy. https://www.navy.gov.au/aircraft/supermarine-type-309-sea-otter.
(3) Engineering:Supermarine Sea Otter – HandWiki. https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Supermarine_Sea_Otter.
(4) Supermarine Sea Otter – Military Factory. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=1824.