The De Havilland Canada Dash 8, previously the Bombardier Dash 8, is a regional turboprop aircraft that was previously delivered in three size categories, typically seating from 37 passengers (DHC-8-100) to 90 passengers (DHC-8-400). Only the larger DHC-8-400 model remained in production until 2021.[1] The following lists both former and current operators.

Unfilled orders

As of early 2021, De Havilland announced the suspension of production after a backlog of 19 aircraft had been completed.[1] As of December 2018, the following customers had outstanding orders listed:[2]

As of 31 December 2018
Airline Country Orders
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh 2
CIB Leasing China 1
Conair Group Canada 5
Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 10
Philippine Airlines Philippines 2
Qazaq Air Kazakhstan 2
SpiceJet India 25
US-Bangla Airlines Bangladesh 3
Undisclosed 4
Total 54

Civil operators

A Widerøe De Havilland 100 series at Sandane Airport
An Air Greenland De Havilland 200 series at Nuuk Airport
An Air New Zealand De Havilland 300 series at Wellington Airport
A WestJet Encore De Havilland 400 series at Calgary International Airport
An E-9A Widget (developed from the 100 series) of the United States Air Force over Tyndall Air Force Base
The underside of a Q400-MR (a Q400 adapted to aerial firefighting) as flown by the French Sécurité Civile
A CT-142 operated by the Canadian Air Force
The cockpit on a 200 series
The cockpit on a 300 series
The cockpit on a 400 series
Inside a 400 series cabin with four-abreast, 2–2 seating
Landing gear bay on a QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 at Canberra Airport
Landing gear of QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 at Canberra Airport

Figures for Canadian operators are correct as of 10 February 2025.[3] The reference includes one DHC-8-102 operated by Hawkair Aviation Services. However, the airline ceased operations in 2016, the certificate of registration was cancelled and the aircraft is not listed below with current operators.

  • A total of 164 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft were in airline service with 39 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025.[4][needs update][3]
  • A total of 54 Dash 8 Series 200 aircraft were in commercial service with 27 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025.[4][needs update][3]
  • A total of 159 Dash 8 Series 300 aircraft were in airline service, with 45 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025.[4][needs update][3]
  • A total of 443 DHC-8-400 aircraft are in airline service, with 55 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025.[4][5][needs update][3]
Airline Country -100 -200 -300 -400 Total Orders Options
3 Points Aviation Canada 1 1
748 Air Services Kenya 6 6 12
Abu Dhabi Aviation United Arab Emirates 1 3 2 6
Aero Contractors Nigeria 1 1
Aero Transporte S.A. Peru 2 2
Air Bikini Marshall Islands 1 1
Air Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 4 4
Air Creebec Canada 18 2 20
Air Greenland Greenland 8 8
Air Inuit Canada 4 13 17
Air Kiribati Kiribati 1 1
Air Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 1 1
Air New Zealand New Zealand 23 23
Air Niugini Papua New Guinea 1 3 4
Air Tanzania Tanzania 5 5
Airkenya Express Kenya 1 1 2
PNG Air Papua New Guinea 8 8
Airworks Kenya Kenya 1 1 2
Aircraft Leasing Services Kenya 8 1 2 11
ANA Wings Japan 24 24
Arik Air Nigeria 4 4
Asia Pacific Airlines Papua New Guinea 3 3
Auric Air Tanzania 1 1 2
Aurora Russia 2 1 5 8
Avioandes Ecuador 1 1
Avmax Aircraft Leasing Canada 1 1 2 4
Bank of Mexico Mexico 1 1
Berry Aviation United States 7 7
Bighorn Airways United States 3 3
Biman Bangladesh Airlines[6] Bangladesh 5 5 2
Blue Bird Aviation Yemen 3 1 4
Bluebird Aviation Kenya 3 4 7
Camair-Co Cameroon 2 2
CemAir South Africa 1 2 4 7
Central Mountain Air Canada 4 6 1 11
Chrono Jet Canada 2 2
Conair Group Canada 14 14
Congo Airways Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 2
Connect Airlines United States 2 2
ConocoPhillips United States 2 2
Croatia Airlines Croatia 6 6 4
DAC East Africa Kenya 2 1 1 4
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Canada 1 5 6
Dynamic Aviation United States 4 1 3 8
Eastafrican.com Kenya 1 1 2
Era Aviation (now operating as Ravn Alaska) United States 10 1 11
Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia 33 33 3
Falcon Aviation Services United Arab Emirates 3 3
Field Aviation Company Canada 1 1
Fly540 Kenya 1 1 1 3
Goldcorp Canada Canada 1 1
Gouvernement du Québec, Service aérien gouvernemental Canada 1 1 2
Heli Malongo Airways Angola 2 2
Hydro-Québec Canada 2 2 4
Icelandair Iceland 3 3 6
Jambojet Kenya 7 7
Jazz AviationA Canada 39 39
JD Aero Technical Canada 1 1
LAM Mozambique Airlines Mozambique 1 1
Luxair Luxembourg 11 11
Luxwing Malta 4 4
Maldivian Maldives 2 7 9
Maroomba Airlines Australia 3 2 5
Medavia Malta 1 1
Moçambique Expresso Mozambique 1 1
National Jet Express Australia 9 9
Nexus Airlines Australia 5 10
North Cariboo Air (North Cariboo Flying Service) Canada 3 3
Northstar Avlease Canada 1 1
Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon Gabon 1 1
Olympic Air Greece 2 2
Oriental Air Bridge Japan 2 2
PAL AirlinesA Canada 2 4 15 21
PAL Aerospace Canada 5 1 6
PAL Express Philippines 10 10 5
Passion Air Ghana 3 2 5
Perimeter Aviation Canada 11 6 17
Petro Air Libya 2 2
Petroleum Air Services Egypt 5 5
Pivot Airlines (2746904 Ontario Inc.)[7] Canada 1 1
Polar Airlines Russia 3 3
Porter Airlines Canada 29 29
Prime Aviation Kazakhstan 2 2
Proflight Zambia Zambia 1 1
QantasLink Australia 3 16 31 50
Qazaq Air Kazakhstan 5 5 2
RwandAir Rwanda 2 2
Ryukyu Air Commuter Japan 5 5
Safarilink Aviation Kenya 1 2 3
SATA Air Açores Portugal 2 5 7
Shree Airlines Nepal 7 7
Skippers Aviation Australia 4 6 10
Skytrans Australia 5 1 6
Skyward Express Kenya 1 1 2
SpiceJet India 28 28 25 25
Star Perú Peru 2 2
Summit Air Canada 3 1 4
Sunwest Aviation Canada 1 2 3
TAAG Angola Airlines Angola 6 6
Tassili Airlines Algeria Algeria 4 4 8
Trans Nation Airways Ethiopia 2 2
UmzaXpress Nigeria 2 2
Universal Air Malta 1 3 4 2
Voyageur Airways Canada 11 15 1 27
Wasaya Airways Canada 1 1 2
WestJet Encore Canada 44 44
Widerøe Norway 23 3 4 16 45
World Wide Aircraft Ferrying Canada 2 2
Total 164 54 159 443 824 37 31

Notes

Former civil operators

Airline Country -100 -200 -300 -400 Total
Air Alliance[9] Canada 8 8
Air Atlantic[10] Canada 22 22
Air Atonabee (City Express)[11] Canada 7 7
Air BC[12] Canada 18 8 26
Air Berlin Germany 20 20
Air Dolomiti Italy 3 3
Air Nostrum Spain 19 19
Air Nova[13] Canada 29 2 31
Air Ontario[14] Canada 27 6 33
Air Panama Panama 1 1
Air Sénégal International Senegal 2 1 3
Air Service Gabon Gabon 6 1 7
Air Southwest United Kingdom 7 7
Air Wisconsin United States 5 7 12
airBaltic Latvia 12 12
Province of Alberta, Department Of Public Works[15] Canada 1 1
ALM Antillean Airlines Netherlands 6 6
AmakUnited States Airlines Japan 1 1
America West Airlines United States 12 1 13
Ansett New Zealand New Zealand 7 2 9
Arctic Sunwest Charters (8199400 Canada)[16] Canada 2 2
Augsburg Airways Germany 5 2 11 10 28
Austrian Airlines (Tyrolean Airways) Austria 14 22 18 54
Avmax Aircraft Leasing[17] Canada 48 19 34 1 102
Bahamasair Bahamas 9 9
Bombardier Inc.[18] Canada 3 4 23 296 326
Buraq Air Libya 1 1
Canadian North[19] Canada 4 1 5
Colgan Air United States 32 32
CommuteAir United States 16 6 22
Darwin Airline Switzerland 2 2
Denim Air Netherlands 1 1
Dutch Caribbean Airlines Netherlands 2 2
Eastern Airways United Kingdom 3 3
Eznis Airways Mongolia 2 2
Flybe (1979–2020) United Kingdom 3 11 79 93
Flybe (2022–2023) United Kingdom 10 10
FlyViking Norway 3 3
Freedom Airlines United States 12 12
GMG Airlines Bangladesh 3 2 5
Hawkair[20] Canada 7 2 9
Henson Airlines United States 40 40
Horizon Air United States 24 28 56 108
InterSky Austria 5 5
Island Air (Hawaii) United States 13 3 8 24
Japan Air Commuter Japan 11 11
Jeju Air South Korea 5 5
Jetstar Australia 5 5
LAN Colombia Colombia 9 4 13
LC Perú Peru 6 3 9
LIAT20 Antigua and Barbuda 12 17 29
LOT Polish Airlines Poland 12 12
Lynx Aviation United States 11 11
Malév Hungarian Airlines Hungary 4 4
Mesa Airlines United States 16 7 23
Mesaba Airlines United States 25 25
Metro Airlines United States 9 9
Nav Canada[21] Canada 1 1
NorOntair (Air-Dale Limited)[22] Canada 2 2
Origin Pacific Airways New Zealand 3 2 5
Pena Transportes Aéreos Brazil 2 2
Piedmont Airlines United States 77 19 12 108
Regent Airways Bangladesh 2 2
R1 Airlines[23] Canada 21 7 7 35
Republic Airline United States 31 31
Royal Jordanian Airlines Jordan 2 2
Scandinavian Airlines Sweden 28 28
Silverstone Air Kenya 2 3 5
Sky Regional[24] Canada 5 5
Skyservices Limited[25] Canada 1 1
SkyWork Airlines Switzerland 3 3
South African Express South Africa 13 10 23
Southern Star Airlines South Sudan 1 1
Starbow Ghana 1 1
Surinam Airways Suriname 1 1
Transportes Aéreos Regionais da Bacia Amazônica Brazil 6 6
Tavaj Linhas Aéreas Brazil 2 2
Time Air[26] Canada 12 20 32
Uni Air Taiwan 1 13 14
United Airways Bangladesh 2 2
Vincent Aviation New Zealand 1 1
Wings Air Indonesia 3 3
Yemenia Joint Venture (YJV) Yemen 3 3
Total 495 136 309 676 1,616

Remarks

Coast guard, border guard and military operators

Operator Country Number Model Role Ref
Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard Netherlands 2 MPA-D8 Maritime surveillance, based at Curaçao - Hato Air Base [27]
Netherlands Coastguard 2 MPA-D8 Maritime surveillance, based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol [28]
Australian Border Force Australia 10 -200 (6)
-300 (4)
Maritime surveillance [4][29]
Royal Australian Navy 1 -200 Hydrographic survey [30]
Royal Canadian Air Force Canada 4 CT-142 "Gonzo" Navigational trainer [31][32]
Government of Canada,
Department Of Transport
3 -200 (2)
-300 (1)
Maritime surveillance (National Aerial Surveillance Program) on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard [33]
Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland 1 -300 MSA Maritime surveillance [34]
Japan Coast Guard Japan 7 -300 MSA Maritime surveillance
Kenya Air Force Kenya 3 -100 Medium lift transport
Mexican Navy Mexico 1 -202 Utility transport
Swedish Coast Guard Sweden 3 -300 MSA Maritime surveillance [35]
United States Air Force United States 2 E-9A Widget Surveillance aircraft [36][37]
United States Army 13 RO-6A Surveillance aircraft [38][39]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection 7 -200 (4)
-300 MPA (3)
Maritime patrol

Other applications

Two used Q400s, acquired from Scandinavian Airlines System, were modified by Cascade Aerospace of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada for France's Sécurité Civile as fire-fighting water bombers in the fire season and as transport aircraft off season. The Q400 Airtanker can drop 10,000 L (2,200 imp gal; 2,600 US gal)[40] of water in this role compared to De Havilland Canada's CL-415 dedicated water bomber which can drop 6,140 L (1,350 imp gal; 1,620 US gal). The latter, however, is an amphibious aircraft and requires less infrastructure.

The National Police of Colombia operates a single De Havilland Dash 8-300 for utility transport.[41]

Neptune Aviation of Missoula, Montana have acquired a Q300 as a prototype for future Q200/Q300 water bombers to replace current P2V aircraft.[42]

The United States Department of State operates seven Dash 8-300 aircraft.[43]

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