First prototype, with short fuselage (74 ft 6 in (22.71 m), accommodating 32 passengers and powered by four 1,380 ehp (1,032 kW)
Rolls-Royce Dart R.Da Mk 501 engines.[1]
Planned third prototype, powered by four
Napier Naiad turboprops. Not built, with parts incorporated in Type 700 prototype.[3]
Viscount 700
Type 700
The first production version, 1,381 hp (1,030 kW) engines, 287 built, the "D" suffix was used for aircraft powered by the 1,576 hp (1,175 kW) Dart 510 engines.
Type 701
Production aircraft for
British European Airways (BEA), the same as the prototype 700 but as in all production aircraft the engines were moved 18 inches outboard to reduce cabin noise level. Originally fitted with Dart 505 engines but later changed to Dart 506s. Originally had a either 40 or 47 seats but this was changed in the 1960s to seat either 60 or 63 passengers, 27 built, first delivered in January 1953.[4]
Type 702
Production aircraft for
British West Indian Airways (BWIA) with Dart 506 with 44 or 53 seats, four built, first delivered in June 1955.[4]
Production aircraft for the first export customer
Aer Lingus with Dart 505s (later Dart 506s) and 53 seats, four built, first delivered in March 1954.[4]
Type 708
Production aircraft for
Air France with Dart 505s (later Dart 506s) and 49 seats, 12 built, first delivered in May 1953.[4]
Type 720
Production aircraft for
Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) with Dart 505s (later Dart 506s) and 49 seats, 12 built, fitted with
slipper tanks for an extra 290 imp gal (350 US gal; 1,300 L) of fuel, seven built, first delivered in October 1955.[4]
Type 723
Production aircraft for the
Indian Air Force with Dart 506s and a VIP interior, one built, delivered in December 1955.[4]
Type 724
Production aircraft for
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) of Canada with Dart 506s, included increased electrical power, new fuel system, and cold-weather operation provisions (ice-guard panels of fuselage and anti-skid brakes). Fitted with 44 or 48 seats, 15 built, first delivered in December 1954.[4]
Production aircraft for Indian Air Force, same as the Type 723 but with a different VIP interior, one built, delivered in January 1956.[4]
Type 731
Production variant for
KLM with Dart 506 engines, not built.[5]
Type 732
Production aircraft for
Hunting Clan with Dart 506s, fitted with slipper tanks and 52-seat interior, three built, first delivered in May 1955.[4]
Type 734
Production aircraft for
Pakistan Air Force with Dart 506s, fitted with slipper tanks and VIP interior, delivered in March 1956.[4]
Type 735
Production aircraft for
Iraqi Airways with Dart 506s and either 44 or 53 seats, three built, first delivered in October 1955.[4]
Type 736
Production aircraft for
Fred. Olsen & Co. with Dart 506s and 48 seats, two built, first delivered in November 1955.[4]
Type 737
Production aircraft for the Canadian Department of Transport with Dart 506s and VIP interior, one built, delivered in March 1955.[4]
Type 738
Design for a special duty variant with Dart 506s, not built.[5]
Type 739
Production aircraft for
Misrair with Dart 506s and 40 seats, six built, first delivered in December 1955.[4]
Type 740
Design for a staff variant with Dart 506s, not built.[5]
Type 741
Design for a VVIP variant with Dart 506s, not built.[5]
Type 742
Production aircraft ordered by
Braathens-SAFE but delivered to the Brazilian Air Force in November 1956 with Dart 510s, VIP interior and slipper tanks.[4]
Type 744
Production variant for
Capital Airlines with Dart 506s and 48 seats, three built, first delivered in June 1955.[4]
Type 745
Production aircraft for US airline Capital Airlines. The first nine used Dart 506s; the remainder had Dart 510s. Aircraft had 48 seats and a forward integral airstair, 60 built, first delivered in November 1955.[4]
Type 747
Production aircraft for
Butler Air Transport with Dart 506s and 40 seats, two built, first delivered in September 1955.[4]
Type 748
Production aircraft for
Central African Airways with Dart 506 engines, 47 seats and slipper tanks, five built, first delivered in May 1956.[4]
Type 749
Production variant for LAV with Dart 506s and 40 seats, three built, first delivered in February 1956.[4]
Type 754
Production variant for
Middle East Airlines with Dart 510 engines and 44 or 48 seats, eight built, first delivered in July 1957.[4]
Type 755
Production variant for
Airwork Services with Dart 510 engines and 48 seats. The order was canceled and the units were sold to
Cubana; three built, first delivered in May 1956.[4]
Type 756
Production variant for
Trans Australia Airlines with Dart 510 engines, 44 seats and slipper tanks, seven built, first delivered in June 1956.[4]
Type 757
Production variant for
Trans-Canada Air Lines similar to the Type 724 but with upgraded 1,600 hp (1,120 kW) Dart 510 engines, 35 built, first delivered in March 1956.[4]
Type 759
Production variant ordered by Hunting Clan with Dart 510 engines, 40 or 44 seats and slipper tanks, two built delivered to
Icelandair from November 1956.[4]
Type 760
Production variant for
Hong Kong Airlines with Dart 510 engines, 40 or 44 seats and slipper tanks, two built, first delivered in January 1957.[4]
Type 761
Production variant for
Union of Burma Airlines with Dart 510 engines and 48 seats, three built, first delivered in July 1957.[4]
Type 762
Design for a executive variant with Dart 510s, not built.[5]
Type 763
Production variant for
Howard Hughes with Dart 510 engines and 48 seats, one built, delivered to
TACA Airlines in October 1958.[4]
Type 764
Production variant for the
United States Steel Corporation with Dart 510 engines, VIP interior and both slipper tanks and a 450 gallon belly tank, three built; first delivered in December 1956.[4]
Type 765
Production variant for the
Standard Oil (ESSO) Corporation similar to the Type 764. One built, delivered in 1957.[4]
Type 767
Production variant for
Aden Airways with Dart 510s, not built.[5]
Type 768
Production variant for the
Indian Airlines Corporation with Dart 510s and 44 seats, ten built, first delivered in August 1957.[4]
Type 769
Production variant for
PLUNA with Dart 510s, 48 seats and slipper tanks, three built, first delivered in May 1958.[4]
Type 770
Basic design for the Type 700D for the United States, not built.[5]
Type 771
Basic design standard based on the 745, not built.[5]
Type 772
Production variant for
British West Indian Airways (BWIA) with Dart 506 engines and 48 seats, four built, first delivered in October 1957.[4]
Type 773
Production variant for
Iraqi Airways with Dart 506 engines and 48 seats, one built, delivered in November 1957.[4]
Type 774
Production variant for Saudi Arabia with Dart 510s, not built.[5]
Type 775
Production variant for Yugoslavia with Dart 510s, not built.[5]
Type 776
Production variant for
Kuwait Airlines with Dart 510s, one converted from a Type 745 in 1958.[4]
Production variant with Dart 510s for Chile, not built.[5]
Type 779
Production variant for Fred Olsen with Dart 510 engines and 48-seats, four built, first delivered in April 1957.[4]
Type 780
Basic design standard for with Dart 510s and VIP interior, not built.
Type 781
Production variant for
South African Air Force with Dart 510 engines, a VIP interior and slipper tanks, one built, delivered in June 1958.[4]
Type 782
Production variant for
Iranian Airways with Dart 510s and 48 seats, three built with the first delivery in March 1958. Were convertible to VIP interior for the Shah of Persia.[4]
Type 783
Production variant for LAC with Dart 510s, not built.[5]
Type 784
Production variant for
Philippine Air Lines with Dart 510s, 48 seats and slipper tanks, three built, first delivered in May 1957.[4]
Type 785
Production variant for
LAI-Alitalia with Dart 510s and 48 seats, three built, first delivered in March 1957.[4]
Type 786
Production variant for
Lloyd Aereo Colombiano with Dart 510 engines, 48 seats and both slipper and belly tanks, three built, first delivered in August 1957.[4]
Type 787
Production variant for Iraqi Airways with Dart 510 engines, not built.[5]
Type 788
Production variant for
Syrian Airways with Dart 510 engines, not built.[5]
Type 789
Production variant for the Brazilian Air Force with Dart 510 engines, slipper and belly tanks, and VIP interior. One was built; delivered in December 1957.[4]
Type 790
Basic design for local service variant with Dart 506 engines, not built.[5]
Type 791
Production variant for
AVIANCA with Dart 506 engines, not built.[5]
Type 792
Production variant for Pakistan with Dart 506 engines and VIP interior, not built.[5]
Type 793
Production variant for the
Royal Bank of Canada with Dart 510 engines and a VIP interior, one built.[4]
Type 794
Production variant for
THY (Turkish Airlines) with Dart 510s and 48 seats, four built, first delivered in January 1958.[4]
First production variant of the 800 series for British European Airways with Dart 510 engines and either 53 or 57 seats, 24 built, first delivered in February 1957.[4]
Type 803
Production variant for
KLM with Dart 510 engine and 53 seats, nine built, first delivered in June 1957.[4]
Type 804
Production variant for
Transair (Canada) with Dart 510 engines and 65 seats, three built, first delivered in September 1957.[4]
Type 805
Production variant for
Eagle Airways with Dart 510 engines and 70 seats, two built, first delivered in December 1957.[4]
Type 806
Production variant for British European Airways with Dart 520 engines and 58 seats, 19 built, first delivered in March 1958. Nine aircraft were later converted to Type 802 when the Dart 520s were changed for Dart 510s so the 520s could be used in the airline's
Argosy freighters.[4]
Improved longer-range variant with 1,991 hp (1,485 kW) Dart 525 engines, 84 built
Type 810
Prototype for the improved 810 series with Dart 525 engines and a 52-seat interior with an additional four-seat rear lounge, one built and first flown on 23 December 1957.[4]
Type 811
Production variant for
Capital Airlines with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 812
Production variant for
Continental Airlines with Dart 525 engines, 52 seats with an additional four-seat rear lounge and integral
airstair, 15 built, first delivered in May 1958.[4]
Type 813
Production variant for
South African Airways with Dart 525 engines (later changed to Dart 530s), 56 seats and four-seat rear lounge, seven built, first delivered in October 1958.[4]
Type 814
Production variant for
Lufthansa with Dart 525 engines and 64 seats, eleven built, first delivered in October 1958.[4][7]
Type 815
Production variant for
Pakistan International Airlines with Dart 525 engines and 51 seats, five built, first delivered in January 1959.[4]
Type 816
Production variant for
Trans Australia Airlines with Dart 525 engines and 56 seats, two built, first delivered in March 1959.[4]
Type 817
Production variant for
AVENSA with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 818
Production variant for
Cubana with Dart 525 engines and 52 seats, four built, first delivered in October 1958.[4]
Type 819
Production variant for Aviacon with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Production variant for Eagle with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 822
Production variant for LAV with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 823
Production variant for California Eastern with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 824
Production variant for LAI Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 825
Production variant for Black Lion Aviation with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 826
Production variant for Agile Azur with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 827
Production variant for
VASP with Dart 525 engines and 56 seats including four-seat rear lounge, six built, first delivered in October 1958.[4]
Type 828
Production variant for
All Nippon Airways (ANA) with Dart 525 engines and 60 seats, nine built, first delivered in July 1961. Unusual for the time they had television sets mounted on hat-racks for in-flight viewing.[4]
Type 829
Production variant for TAP with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 830
Proposed large-fuselage variant for American Airlines with Dart 525 engines, not built.[5]
Type 831
Production variant for Airwork and Sudan Airways with Dart 525 engines and 60 seats, three built, first delivered in July 1961.[4]
Type 832
Production variant for
Ansett-ANA with Dart 525 engines and 56 seats including a four-seat rear lounge, four built, first delivered in March 1959.[4]
Type 833
Production variant for Hunting Clan with Dart 530 engines, three built, first delivered in June 1959.[4]
Conversion of a not-delivered Type 818 originally for Cubana, delivered in September 1959 for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Corporation.[4]
Type 836
Conversion of a not-delivered Type 816 originally for
Trans Australia Airlines, delivered in May 1960 to Union Carbide.[4]
Type 837
Production variant for
Austrian Airlines with Dart 525 engines and either 56 seats (mixed-class) or 66 seats (tourist-class) and a four-seat rear lounge, six built, first delivered in August 1960.[4]
Type 838
Production variant for
Ghana Airways with Dart 525 engines and 60 seats, three built, first delivered in June 1961.[4]
Type 839
Production variant for the Iranian Government with VIP interior, one delivered in February 1960.[4]
Production variant for British European Airways with Dart 541s, not built.[5]
Type 842
Production variant for Iraqi Airways with Dart 541s, not built.[5]
Type 843
Production variant for
CAAC with Dart 525 engines and 52 seats, six built, first delivered in October 1963. The last delivery and the last Viscount to be delivered in April 1964.[4]
Type 845
Production variant for Pakistan International with Dart 525s, not built.[5]