As the type was quite popular, it was exported to many countries:
- Australia: As the aircraft became famous thanks to air races, it became very popular within commonwealth's airlines, so the Australian airline Ansett Airlines bought two exemplars. A private-owned Envoy which was registered as VH-UXY and modified with a long-range fuel tank filling the middle of the cabin, was piloted by Charles Ulm when it disappeared in December 1934 when attempting to flight the Pacific route between Oakland, in New Zealand to Honolulu in Hawaii.
- China-Guangxi: The warlord of this Southern province had at least one Envoy serving with his Air Force. Further details are unknown but it was most probably destroyed during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- Independent State of Croatia: Two Airspeed AS.6E were given to the ZNDH (Independent State of Croatia's Air Force) by the German Luftwaffe. They were used in the light transport role and were destroyed during the course of the War.
- Czechoslovakia: The Czechoslovak's National Airways, CSA, ordered four AS.6 Envoy JC in 1937 to equip their air routes. When Czechoslovakia was annexed, all of them were passed over to the Luftwaffe.
Additionally one machine was bought by Vítkovické horní a hutní tezirstvo (Vitkovice Mine & Steel Co.) in 1936 based in the Czech city of Ostrava and was used by his president.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Envoy
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Air_Force_(Independent_State_of_Croatia)
3. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/airspeed_as6.html
4. https://www.valka.cz/topic/view/114447/Airspeed-AS-6E-Envoy
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