List of De Havilland Canada Dash 8 operators

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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.

Contents

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
AirlineCountryOrders
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh2
CIB Leasing China1
Conair Group Canada5
Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia10
Philippine Airlines Philippines2
Qazaq Air Kazakhstan2
SpiceJet India25
US-Bangla Airlines Bangladesh3
Undisclosed4
Total54

Civil operators

A Wideroe De Havilland 100 series at Sandane Airport Wideroe-dash8-sandane-airport.jpg
A Widerøe De Havilland 100 series at Sandane Airport
An Air Greenland De Havilland 200 series at Nuuk Airport Air-Greenland-dash8-200s-nuuk-airport.jpg
An Air Greenland De Havilland 200 series at Nuuk Airport
An Air New Zealand De Havilland 300 series at Wellington Airport De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 (ANZ Link) Wellington 06.jpg
An Air New Zealand De Havilland 300 series at Wellington Airport
A WestJet Encore De Havilland 400 series at Calgary International Airport WestJetEncoreDash8-Q400C-FENJ YYCNovember2018.jpg
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 E-9A Widget 2004-04-20.jpg
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 Securite Civile DASH8 PROTECTION CIVILE 14 JUILLET 2018 (43405489111).jpg
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 CT-142 - RIAT 2007 (2514662414).jpg
A CT-142 operated by the Canadian Air Force
The cockpit on a 200 series DHC-8-402Q cockpit.JPG
The cockpit on a 200 series
The cockpit on a 300 series Dash 8-300 cockpit.jpg
The cockpit on a 300 series
The cockpit on a 400 series Q400 flight deck.jpg
The cockpit on a 400 series
Inside a 400 series cabin with four-abreast, 2-2 seating VH-LQK Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 QantasLink (Sunstate Airlines) (11473432873).jpg
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 bay of QantasLink (VH-QOP) Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 at the Canberra Airport open day.jpg
Landing gear bay on a QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 at Canberra Airport
Landing gear of QantasLink Dash 8 Q400 at Canberra Airport Landing gear of QantasLink (VH-QOP) Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 at the Canberra Airport open day.jpg
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.

AirlineCountry -100 -200 -300 -400 TotalOrdersOptions
3 Points Aviation Canada11
748 Air Services Kenya6612
Abu Dhabi Aviation United Arab Emirates1326
Aero Contractors Nigeria11
Aero Transporte S.A. Peru22
Air Bikini Marshall Islands11
Air Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast44
Air Creebec Canada18220
Air Greenland Greenland88
Air Inuit Canada41317
Air Kiribati Kiribati11
Air Marshall Islands Marshall Islands11
Air New Zealand New Zealand2323
Air Niugini Papua New Guinea134
Air Tanzania Tanzania55
Airkenya Express Kenya112
PNG Air Papua New Guinea88
Airworks Kenya Kenya112
Aircraft Leasing Services Kenya81211
ANA Wings Japan2424
Arik Air Nigeria44
Asia Pacific Airlines Papua New Guinea33
Auric Air Tanzania112
Aurora Russia2158
Avioandes Ecuador11
Avmax Aircraft Leasing Canada1124
Bank of Mexico Mexico11
Berry Aviation United States77
Bighorn Airways United States33
Biman Bangladesh Airlines [6] Bangladesh552
Blue Bird Aviation Yemen314
Bluebird Aviation Kenya347
Camair-Co Cameroon22
CemAir South Africa1247
Central Mountain Air Canada46111
Chrono Jet Canada22
Conair Group Canada1414
Congo Airways Democratic Republic of the Congo22
Connect Airlines United States22
ConocoPhillips United States22
Croatia Airlines Croatia664
DAC East Africa Kenya2114
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited Canada156
Dynamic Aviation United States4138
Eastafrican.com Kenya112
Era Aviation (now operating as Ravn Alaska)United States10111
Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia33333
Falcon Aviation Services United Arab Emirates33
Field Aviation Company Canada11
Fly540 Kenya1113
Goldcorp Canada Canada11
Gouvernement du Québec, Service aérien gouvernemental Canada112
Heli Malongo Airways Angola22
Hydro-Québec Canada224
Icelandair Iceland336
Jambojet Kenya77
Jazz Aviation A Canada3939
JD Aero Technical Canada11
LAM Mozambique Airlines Mozambique11
Luxair Luxembourg1111
Luxwing Malta44
Maldivian Maldives279
Maroomba Airlines Australia325
Medavia Malta11
Moçambique Expresso Mozambique11
National Jet Express Australia99
Nexus Airlines Australia510
North Cariboo Air (North Cariboo Flying Service)Canada33
Northstar Avlease Canada11
Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon Gabon11
Olympic Air Greece22
Oriental Air Bridge Japan22
PAL Airlines A Canada241521
PAL Aerospace Canada516
PAL Express Philippines10105
Passion Air Ghana325
Perimeter Aviation Canada11617
Petro Air Libya22
Petroleum Air Services Egypt55
Pivot Airlines (2746904 Ontario Inc.) [7] Canada11
Polar Airlines Russia33
Porter Airlines Canada2929
Prime Aviation Kazakhstan22
Proflight Zambia Zambia11
QantasLink Australia3163150
Qazaq Air Kazakhstan552
RwandAir Rwanda22
Ryukyu Air Commuter Japan55
Safarilink Aviation Kenya123
SATA Air Açores Portugal257
Shree Airlines Nepal77
Skippers Aviation Australia4610
Skytrans Australia516
Skyward Express Kenya112
SpiceJet India28282525
Star Perú Peru22
Summit Air Canada314
Sunwest Aviation Canada123
TAAG Angola Airlines Angola66
Tassili Airlines Algeria Algeria448
Trans Nation Airways Ethiopia22
UmzaXpress Nigeria22
Universal Air Malta1342
Voyageur Airways Canada1115127
Wasaya Airways Canada112
WestJet Encore Canada4444
Widerøe Norway23341645
World Wide Aircraft Ferrying Canada22
Total164541594438243731

Notes

Former civil operators

AirlineCountry -100 -200 -300 -400 Total
Air Alliance [9] Canada88
Air Atlantic [10] Canada2222
Air Atonabee (City Express) [11] Canada77
Air BC [12] Canada18826
Air Berlin Germany2020
Air Dolomiti Italy33
Air Nostrum Spain1919
Air Nova [13] Canada29231
Air Ontario [14] Canada27633
Air Panama Panama11
Air Sénégal International Senegal213
Air Service Gabon Gabon617
Air Southwest United Kingdom77
Air Wisconsin United States5712
airBaltic Latvia1212
Province of Alberta, Department Of Public Works [15] Canada11
ALM Antillean Airlines Netherlands66
AmakUnited States Airlines Japan11
America West Airlines United States12113
Ansett New Zealand New Zealand729
Arctic Sunwest Charters (8199400 Canada) [16] Canada22
Augsburg Airways Germany52111028
Austrian Airlines (Tyrolean Airways)Austria14221854
Avmax Aircraft Leasing [17] Canada4819341102
Bahamasair Bahamas99
Bombardier Inc. [18] Canada3423296326
Buraq Air Libya11
Canadian North [19] Canada415
Colgan Air United States3232
CommuteAir United States16622
Darwin Airline Switzerland22
Denim Air Netherlands11
Dutch Caribbean Airlines Netherlands22
Eastern Airways United Kingdom33
Eznis Airways Mongolia22
Flybe (1979–2020) United Kingdom3117993
Flybe (2022–2023) United Kingdom1010
FlyViking Norway33
Freedom Airlines United States1212
GMG Airlines Bangladesh325
Hawkair [20] Canada729
Henson Airlines United States4040
Horizon Air United States242856108
InterSky Austria55
Island Air (Hawaii) United States133824
Japan Air Commuter Japan1111
Jeju Air South Korea55
Jetstar Australia55
LAN Colombia Colombia9413
LC Perú Peru639
LIAT20 Antigua and Barbuda121729
LOT Polish Airlines Poland1212
Lynx Aviation United States1111
Malév Hungarian Airlines Hungary44
Mesa Airlines United States16723
Mesaba Airlines United States2525
Metro Airlines United States99
Nav Canada [21] Canada11
NorOntair (Air-Dale Limited) [22] Canada22
Origin Pacific Airways New Zealand325
Pena Transportes Aéreos Brazil22
Piedmont Airlines United States771912108
Regent Airways Bangladesh22
R1 Airlines [23] Canada217735
Republic Airline United States3131
Royal Jordanian Airlines Jordan22
Scandinavian Airlines Sweden2828
Silverstone Air Kenya235
Sky Regional [24] Canada55
Skyservices Limited [25] Canada11
SkyWork Airlines Switzerland33
South African Express South Africa131023
Southern Star Airlines South Sudan11
Starbow Ghana11
Surinam Airways Suriname11
Transportes Aéreos Regionais da Bacia Amazônica Brazil66
Tavaj Linhas Aéreas Brazil22
Time Air [26] Canada122032
Uni Air Taiwan11314
United Airways Bangladesh22
Vincent Aviation New Zealand11
Wings Air Indonesia33
Yemenia Joint Venture (YJV) Yemen33
Total4951363096761,616

Remarks

Coast guard, border guard and military operators

OperatorCountryNumberModelRoleRef
Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard Netherlands2 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 Australia10 -200 (6)
-300 (4)
Maritime surveillance [4] [29]
Royal Australian Navy 1 -200 Hydrographic survey [30]
Royal Canadian Air Force Canada4 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 Iceland1 -300 MSA Maritime surveillance [34]
Japan Coast Guard Japan7 -300 MSA Maritime surveillance
Kenya Air Force Kenya3 -100 Medium lift transport
Mexican Navy Mexico1 -202 Utility transport
Swedish Coast Guard Sweden3 -300 MSA Maritime surveillance [35]
United States Air Force United States2 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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