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==Operators== {{main|List of Boeing 727 operators}} ===Commercial operators=== [[File:B727-200f.jpg|thumb|[[Aerosucre]] is one of the few remaining commercial operators of the 727. Pictured here is a 727-200F in 2018.]] {{As of|2025|3}}, 14 Boeing 727s were in commercial service, operated by the following companies: *[[Aerosucre]] (2)<ref>[https://aerosucre.com.co/nuestra-flota/ aerosucre.co.co - Nuestra flota] retrieved 3 April 2024</ref> *[[Air Class Lineas Aereas]] (2)<ref>[http://www.airclasscargo.com/flota.php airclasscargo.com - Flota] retrieved 3 April 2024</ref> *[[IFL Group]] (2)<ref>[https://www.iflgroup.com/boeing-727 IFL Group - Boeing 727 Super] Retrieved 30 November 2024</ref> *[[USA Jet Airlines]] (2)<ref name=FlightCensus2018>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/24536|title=World Airline Census 2018|date=July 2018|website=Flightglobal.com|language=en-GB|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106212640/https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/24536|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Oil Spill Response]] (2, operated by [[2 Excel Aviation]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.2excelaviation.com/lines-of-business/t2/ |title=Lines of Business: T2 |publisher=2Excel Aviation |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828001754/https://www.2excelaviation.com/lines-of-business/t2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[Solar Cargo Venezuela]] (2)<ref>[https://aviaexchange.com/solar-cargo-reactivates-operations-with-addition-of-two-boeing-727-200f/ Solar Cargo Reactivates Operations with Addition of Two Boeing 727-200F] Retrieved 26 March 2025</ref> *[[UniWorld Air Cargo]] (1)<ref>[https://uniworldaircargo.com/en/aircraft/ Aircraft - UniWorld] Retrieved 30 November 2024</ref> *[[Zero Gravity Corporation]] (1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Experience.welcome|title=Zero Gravity Corporation: The Experience|access-date=October 16, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007044038/http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=experience.welcome|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Government, military, and other operators=== [[File:Boeing 727-29C, Belgium - Air Force JP74880.jpg|thumb|A 727-200 of the [[Belgian Air Component|Belgian Air Force]] in 1988]] [[File:XT-BFA B727 Burkina Faso (6328516101).jpg|thumb|A 727-200 of the [[Burkina Faso Air Force]] departing [[Rotterdam The Hague Airport]] in 2011.]] [[File:RNZAF Boeing 727 AVV Hutchison.jpg|thumb|A 727-200 of the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] in 2003]] In addition, the 727 has seen sporadic government use, having flown for the [[Belgium|Belgian]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]], [[Mexico|Mexican]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Panama]] air forces, along with a small group of government agencies that have used it. {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| ;{{AFG}} *[[Afghan Air Force]]{{Snd}} Three were acquired from [[Ariana Afghan Airlines]].<ref>{{cite journal |title= Afghan AF acquires 3 Boeing 727s |journal= Air Forces Monthly |page= 30|publisher= Key Publishing|date= December 2014}}</ref> Only 1 remains in service.<ref>{{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-world-air-forces-maintaining-strength-443655/|title = World Air Forces 2018 |publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2018 |doi = |accessdate= December 4, 2017}}</ref> ;{{BEL}} * [[Belgian Air Component]] (2){{Cn|date=April 2025}} ;{{BEN}} *[[Military of Benin]] (1) ;{{BOL}} *[[Bolivian Air Force]] (Transporte Aereo Militar) (1) ;{{BUR}} *[[Burkina Faso Air Force]] (1) ;{{COL}} *[[Colombian government]] *[[Colombian Aerospace Force]] (2) ;{{COD}} *[[Force Aérienne du Congo]] (4) ;{{DJI}} *[[Djibouti Air Force]] (2)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44353:djibouti-air-force-gets-two-y-12s-dauphin-helicopters&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107 |title= Djibouti Air Force gets two Y-12s; Dauphin helicopters |publisher= defenceWeb |date=2016 |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> ;{{ECU}} *[[Ecuadorian Air Force]] (1) ;{{IRQ}} *[[Iraqi Air Force|Iraqi Air Force (Pre 2003)]], Faw-727 ELINT aircraft (1) *[[Federal government of Iraq|Iraqi government]], Salah Aldin (1) ;{{CIV}} *[[Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast#Aircraft|Government of Ivory Coast]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hesse |first=Rene |title=New Boeing 727 for Côte d'Ivoire |magazine=[[Air International]] |date=January 2012 |volume=82 |issue=1 |page=20 |issn=0306-5634}}</ref> ;{{MEX}} *[[Mexican Air Force]] (5) retired in 2017 *[[Mexico National Guard]] (3) ;{{NZL}} *[[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] (3) retired in 2003 ;{{flag|United Kingdom}} ;{{USA}} *[[United States Air Force]]{{Snd}} formerly used as a military transport, designated the C-22 }} === Private aircraft === A number of 727s have been outfitted for use as private aircraft, especially since the early 1990s, when major airlines began to eliminate older 727-100 models from their fleet.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 7, 1981 |title=Rebuilding Second-Hand 727's |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/07/business/rebuilding-second-hand-727-s.html |access-date=January 16, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Donald Trump]] traveled in a former American Airlines 727-100 with a dining room, a bedroom, and shower facilities known as [[Trump Force One]] before upgrading to a larger [[Boeing 757]] in 2009;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/news/0911/gallery.Donald_Trump_jet/|title=Inside Donald Trump's private jet - The exterior (1) - CNNMoney.com|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref> [[Peter Nygård]] acquired a 727-100 for private use in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corporate.nygard.com/scf/News.aspx?id=302|title=NYGARD Corporate site|website=corporate.nygard.com|access-date=January 16, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230082209/http://corporate.nygard.com/scf/News.aspx?id=302|url-status=dead}}</ref> American financier [[Jeffrey Epstein]] owned a private 727 nicknamed the "Lolita Express".<ref name="nwPrincesPremiers">{{cite news |last1=Ostler |first1=Catherine |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/06/sex-offender-who-mixes-princes-and-premiers-302877.html |access-date=July 7, 2019 |work=Newsweek |title = Jeffrey Epstein: The Sex Offender Who Mixes With Princes and Premiers}}</ref> The [[Getty family|Getty]]s bought N311AG from [[Revlon]] in 1986, and [[Gordon Getty]] acquired the aircraft in 2001.{{Cn|date=September 2024}}
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