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

Civil operators

Air Marshall Islands DHC-8-100 at Likiep Atoll in 2009
Skytrans DHC-8-100 in 2010
Air Greenland Q200 at Kangerlussuaq Airport in 2015
SATA Air Açores DHC-8-202Q at Madeira Airport in 2011
Air New Zealand Q300 at Kerikeri Airport in 2020
Voyageur Airways DHC-8-314B at Luxembourg Airport in 2013
Two Widerøe Dash 8 at Trondheim Airport, Værnes: Q400 (front) and a -100 (back).
Ryukyu Air Commuter Q400 Combi
Croatia Airlines DHC-8-400 at Split Airport in 2012
Falcon Aviation Services DHC-8-402Q on approach to Al Bateen Executive Airport in 2015
Luxair DHC-8-400 in 2021
Luxwing DHC-8-402Q at Hamburg Airport in 2022
Nok Air Q402 at Khon Kaen Airport in 2018
Porter Q400 in Toronto in 2012
QantasLink Q400 at Sydney Airport in 2015
WestJet Encore Q400 at Brandon Municipal Airport in 2013
  • A total of 143 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft were in airline service with 35 operators as of July 2018.[3]
  • A total of 42 Dash 8 Series 200 aircraft were in commercial service with 16 operators as of July 2018.[3]
  • A total of 151 Dash 8 Series 300 aircraft were in airline service, with 32 operators as of July 2018.[3]
  • A total of 508 DHC-8-400 aircraft are in airline service, with 56 orders as of July 2018.[3][4]
Airline -100 -200 -300 -400 Total Orders Options
Kenya 748 Air Services6——612——
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Aviation—1326——
Nigeria Aero Contractors——1—1——
Peru Aero Transporte S.A.———22——
Marshall Islands Air Bikini1———1——
Canada Air Canada Express———3939——
Malta Air CM Global3———3——
Ivory Coast Air Côte d'Ivoire———44——
Canada Air Creebec15—2—17——
Greenland Air Greenland—8——8——
Canada Air Inuit3—12—15——
Kiribati Air Kiribati1———1——
Marshall Islands Air Marshall Islands1———1——
New Zealand Air New Zealand——23—23—
Papua New Guinea Air Niugini——134——
Tanzania Air Tanzania———55——
Kenya Airkenya Express11——2——
Papua New Guinea Airlines PNG8———8——
Kenya Airworks Kenya11——2——
Kenya ALS – Aircraft Leasing Services812—11——
Japan ANA Wings———2424——
Nigeria Arik Air———44——
Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG)3———3——
Tanzania Auric Air11——2——
Russia Aurora—2158——
Ecuador Avioandes—1——1——
Canada Avmax Aircraft Leasing[5] A C31——4——
Mexico Banco de México—1——1——
United States Berry Aviation—7——7——
United States Bighorn Airways3———3——
Yemen Blue Bird Aviation Yemen31——4——
Kenya Bluebird Aviation3——47——
Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh Airlines[6]———552—
Canada Bombardier Inc.[5]—2—1416——
Cameroon Camair-Co———22——
South Africa CemAir1—247——
Canada Central Mountain Air5—5—10——
Canada Chrono Aviation1———1——
Canada Conair Group———1414——
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Airways———22——
United States Connect Airlines———22——
United States ConocoPhillips———22——
Croatia Croatia Airlines———66—4
Kenya DAC East Africa21—14——
United States Dynamic Aviation413—8——
Kenya Eastafrican.com1—1—2——
United States Era Aviation (now operating as Ravn Alaska)10—1—11——
Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines———33333—
United Arab Emirates Falcon Aviation Services———33——
Kenya Fly540111—3——
Canada Goldcorp Canada[5]——1—1——
Canada Gouvernement du Québec, Service aérien gouvernemental[5]—11—2——
Angola Heli Malongo Airways———22——
Canada Hydro-Québec[5]——123——
Iceland Icelandair—3—25——
Kenya Jambojet———77——
Mozambique LAM Mozambique Airlines———11——
Luxembourg Luxair———1111——
Malta Luxwing———44——
Malawi Malawi Airlines———11——
Maldives Maldivian—27—9——
Australia Maroomba Airlines3—2—5——
Malta Medavia——1—1——
Mozambique Moçambique Expresso———11——
Australia National Jet Express———99——
Canada Nav Canada[5]1———1——
Thailand Nok Air———33——
Canada North Cariboo Air (North Cariboo Flying Service)——3—3——
Gabon Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon——1—1——
Greece Olympic Air2———2——
Japan Oriental Air Bridge—2——2——
Canada PAL Aerospace2—6715——
Philippines PAL Express———10105—
Ghana Passion Air——325——
Canada Perimeter Aviation6—5—11——
Libya Petro Air——2—2——
Egypt Petroleum Air Services——5—5——
Canada Pivot Airlines1———1——
Russia Polyarnye Avialinii——3—3——
Canada Porter Airlines———2929——
Kazakhstan Prime Aviation——2—2——
Zambia Proflight Zambia——1—1——
Canada Province of Alberta, Department Of Public Works[5]1———1——
Canada Regional 1 C1———1——
Australia QantasLink—3163150——
Kazakhstan Qazaq Air———552—
Rwanda RwandAir———22——
Japan Ryukyu Air Commuter———55——
Kenya Safarilink Aviation—12—3——
Portugal SATA Air Açores—2—57——
Nepal Shree Airlines———441—
Australia Skippers Aviation 4 — 6 — 10 — —
Australia Skytrans Airlines5—1—6——
Kenya Skyward Express1—1—2——
India SpiceJet———28282525
Peru Star Peru———22——
Canada Summit Air2—1—3——
Canada Sunwest Aviation — 1 3 — 4 — —
Angola TAAG Angola Airlines———66——
Algeria Tassili Airlines Algeria—4—48——
Ethiopia Trans Nation Airways—2——2——
Canada Transport Canada3———3——
Nigeria UmzaXpress———22——
Bangladesh US-Bangla Airlines — — — 3 3 3 —
Canada Voyageur Airways20—18240——
Canada Wasaya Airways4—2—6——
Canada WestJet Encore———4747——
Norway Widerøe23341645——
Canada World Wide Aircraft Ferrying[5]——112——
Total 168 54 157 428 807 41 29

Notes

  • :A.^ Two of the 100 series are listed as having their registration cancelled.
  • :B.^ One of the 200 series is listed as having an expired registration as of 2005.
  • :C.^ Regional 1 is owned by Avmax.

Former civil operators

A Canadian North DHC-8-100 being deiced at Cambridge Bay Airport
Q200 B-17201 of Uni Air, Republic of China (Taiwan) in 2007
An Air Sénégal International Q300 at Banjul International Airport, The Gambia
Air Southwest DHC-8-300 lands at Bristol Airport in 2005
Former Austrian airline InterSky Q300 at Berlin's Tempelhof International Airport in 2006
LIAT Q300 over Maho Beach in 2013

.

airBaltic DHC-8-400 at Frankfurt Airport in 2014
Darwin Airline DHC-8-400 at Zurich Airport in 2012
Flybe Q400 (G-JEDN) lands at Bristol Airport in 2006
SkyWork Airlines Q400 at Belp Airport in 2011
South African Express Q400 (ZS-YBW) at Port Elizabeth Airport in 2013.
Airline -100 -200 -300 -400 Total
Canada Air Alliance 18 — — — 18
Canada Air Atlantic 22 — — — 22
Canada Air Atonabee 4 — — — 4
Canada Air BC 15 — 6 — 21
Germany Air Berlin — — — 20 20
Italy Air Dolomiti — — 3 — 3
Canada Air Labrador 3 — — — 3
Spain Air Nostrum — — 19 — 19
Canada Air Nova 30 — 7 — 37
Canada Air Ontario 41 — 7 — 48
Panama Air Panama — — 1 — 1
Senegal Air Sénégal International 2 — 1 — 3
Gabon Air Service Gabon 6 — 1 — 7
United Kingdom Air Southwest — — 7 — 7
United States Air Wisconsin 5 — 7 — 12
Latvia airBaltic — — — 12 12
Netherlands ALM Antillean Airlines — — 6 — 6
Japan Amakusa Airlines 1 — — — 1
United States America West Airlines 12 1 — — 13
New Zealand Ansett New Zealand 7 — 2 — 9
Canada Arctic Sunwest Charters 2 — — — 2
Germany Augsburg Airways 5 2 11 10 28
Austria Austrian Airlines (Tyrolean Airways)14—221854
The Bahamas Bahamasair — — 9 — 9
Libya Buraq Air — — 1 — 1
Canada Canadian North[5]6—1—7
Canada City Express 2 — — — 2
United States Colgan Air — — — 32 32
United States CommutAir — 16 6 — 22
Switzerland Darwin Airline — — — 2 2
Netherlands Denim Air — — 1 — 1
Netherlands Dutch Caribbean Airlines — — 2 — 2
United Kingdom Eastern Airways — — 3 — 3
Mongolia Eznis Airways — — — 2 2
United Kingdom Flybe (1979-2020) — 3 11 79 93
United Kingdom Flybe — — — 10 10
Norway FlyViking 3 — — — 3
United States Freedom Airlines 12 — — — 12
Bangladesh GMG Airlines 3 — 2 — 5
Canada Hawkair 6 — 2 — 8
United States Henson Airlines 40 — — — 40
United States Horizon Air 24 28 — 56 108
Austria InterSky — — 5 — 5
United States Island Air (Hawaii)133—824
Japan Japan Air Commuter———1111
South Korea Jeju Air———55
Australia Jetstar——5—5
Colombia LAN Colombia — 9 — 4 13
Antigua and Barbuda LIAT 12 — 17 — 29
Peru LC Perú — 6 — 3 9
Poland LOT Polish Airlines — — — 12 12
United States Lynx Aviation———1111
Hungary Malév Hungarian Airlines — — — 4 4
United States Mesa Airlines — 16 7 — 23
United States Mesaba Airlines25———25
United States Metro Airlines9———9
Canada NorOntair 2 — — — 2
New Zealand Origin Pacific Airways 3 — 2 — 5
Brazil PENTA – Pena Transportes Aéreos — — 2 — 2
United States Piedmont Airlines 77 19 12 — 108
Bangladesh Regent Airways——2—2
United States Republic Airline — — — 31 31
Jordan Royal Jordanian Airlines — — — 2 2
Sweden Scandinavian Airlines — — — 24 24
Kenya Silverstone Air 2 — 3 — 5
Canada Sky Regional — — — 5 5
Switzerland SkyWork Airlines — — — 3 3
South Africa South African Express——131023
South Sudan Southern Star Airlines 1 — — — 1
Ghana Starbow — — — 1 1
Suriname Surinam Airways — — 1 — 1
Brazil TABA – Transportes Aéreos da Bacia Amazônica — — 6 — 6
Brazil Tavaj Linhas Aéreas — 2 — — 2
Canada Time Air 7 — 18 — 25
Taiwan Uni Air — 1 13 — 14
Bangladesh United Airways 2 — — — 2
New Zealand Vincent Aviation 1 — — — 1
Indonesia Wings Air — — 3 — 3
Yemen Yemenia Joint Venture (YJV)3———3
Total 443 103 247 378 1,168

Remarks

 United States

Coast guard, border guard and military operators

CT-142 Dash 8 "Gonzo" from 402 Squadron, Canadian Forces, Winnipeg, Manitoba
USAF E-9A "Widget" over Tyndall Air Force Base
Operator Country Number Model Role Ref
Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard Netherlands2MPA-D8Maritime surveillance[7] Based at Curaçao - Hato Air Base
Netherlands Coast Guard2MPA-D8Maritime surveillance[8] Based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Australian Border Force Australia10-200 (6)
-300 (4)		Maritime surveillance[3][9]
Royal Australian Navy1-200Hydrographic Survey[10]
Royal Canadian Air Force Canada4CT-142 "Gonzo"Navigational trainer[11]
Transport Canada3M-102maritime surveillance (N.A.S.P.) on behalf of Canadian Coast Guard[5] C-GCFJ (s/n 20) C-GSUR (s/n 46) C-FTFM (s/n 17)
Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland1-300maritime surveillance[12]
Japan Coast Guard Japan7-300 MSAmaritime surveillance
Kenya Air Force Kenya3-100medium lift transport
Mexican Navy Mexico1-202utility transport
Swedish Coast Guard Sweden3-300 MSAmaritime surveillance[13]
United States Air Force United States2E-9A "Widget"surveillance aircraft[14][15]
United States Army 13 RO-6A surveillance aircraft [16][17]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection74-200s, 3-300s MPAMaritime Patrol

Other applications

Two used Q400s, acquired from Scandinavian Airlines System, were modified by Cascade Aerospace of Abbotsford, British Columbia 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)[18] of water in this role compared to Bombardier's CL-415 dedicated water bomber which can drop 6,140 L (1,350 imp gal; 1,620 US gal). The latter, however, is amphibious and requires less infrastructure.

The National Police of Colombia operates a single Bombardier Dash 8-300 for utility transport.[19]

Neptune Aviation of Missoula, Montana have acquired a Q300 as a prototype for future Q200/Q300 water bombers to replace current P2V aircraft.[20]

The United States Department of State operates seven Dash 8-300 aircraft.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 leehamnews.com - De Havilland to pause production this year after backlog built 31 January 2021
  2. ↑ "Program Status Report - Q Series aircraft" (PDF). Bombardier Aerospace. 31 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  4. ↑ "Program Status Report - Q Series" (PDF). June 30, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Aircraft listed at the Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine from Transport Canada. Search using "DHC-8" in the "Model Name:" box. Name in parentheses is the owner name listed with TC. As of 21 March 2011 there were 180 DHC-8 registered.
  6. ↑ "Fleet Information". www.biman-airlines.com. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  7. ↑ "Dash 8 - Coastguard Dutch Caribbean". kustwacht.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kustwachtvliegtuig". kustwacht.nl. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "World Airliner Census". Flight International, 3–9 October 2006.
  10. ↑ "Laser Airborne Depth Sounder". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  11. ↑ CT-142 Dash-8 - Overview Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, CT-142 Dash-8 - Technical Specifications Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Department of National Defence, March 2007. Retrieved: 22 October 2008.
  12. ↑ "Fréttir < Stjórnsýslusvið < Starfsemi < Vefsvæði LHG.is". www.lhg.is. Archived from the original on 12 January 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.kustbevakningen.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "E-9A". U.S. Air Force. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  15. ↑ "53RD Weapons Evaluation Group". Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Tyndall Air Force Base, 28 May 2008. Retrieved: 11 April 2009.
  16. ↑ Embraer2020-12-04T12:30:00+00:00, In association with. "World Air Forces 2021". Flight Global. Retrieved 2021-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ Trevithick, Joseph (20 February 2018). "We Now Know Exactly What Sensors the Army's Powerful New RO-6A Spy Planes Will Carry". The Drive. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  18. ↑ "Cascade - Q400 Airtanker Conversion". www.cascadeaerospace.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "DASH-8 -Aviación Policial de la Policía Nacional". National Police of Colombia. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  20. ↑ Missoulian, ROBERT STRUCKMAN of the (9 July 2005). "Neptune Aviation unveils next step in slurry bomber evolution". Missoulian.com. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  21. ↑ "United States - US Department of State (DOS) Fleet, Routes & Reviews". FlightRadar24. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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