Role Turboprop airliner
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs
First flight 16 July 1948
Introduction 18 April 1953 with British European Airways
Retired January 2009
Status Retired
Primary users British European Airways
Capital Airlines
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Air Canada
Produced 1948–1963
Number built 445
Developed into Vickers Vanguard
The Viscount was well received by the public for its cabin conditions, which included pressurisation, reductions in vibration and noise, and panoramic windows. It became one of the most successful and profitable of the first postwar transport aircraft; 445 Viscounts were built for a range of international customers, including in North America..
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In late 1960, the People's Republic of China had begun negotiations with Vickers for as many as 40 Viscounts, but negotiations were protracted due to political tensions
BEA, and its nationalised successor British Airways (BA), vigorously operated the Viscount on Britain's domestic routes
The first airline in Latin America to operate the Viscount was Cubana de Aviación. Cubana's −755D Viscounts, delivered in 1956,