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. 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. As of December 2018, the following customers had outstanding orders listed: + As of 31 December 2018 Airline Country Orders Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh 2 CIB LeasingChina 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
Figures for Canadian operators are correct . 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. A total of 54 Dash 8 Series 200 aircraft were in commercial service with 27 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025. A total of 159 Dash 8 Series 300 aircraft were in airline service, with 45 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025. A total of 443 DHC-8-400 aircraft are in airline service, with 55 operators as of July 2018 and February 2025.
Airline Country-100-200-300-400TotalOrdersOptions 748 Air Services Kenya 6 — — 7 13 — — Abu Dhabi Aviation United Arab Emirates — — 3 1 4 — — Aero Contractors Nigeria — — — 3 3 — — Atsa Airlines 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 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 2 — — — 2 — — Air New Zealand New Zealand — — 23 — 23 — Air Niugini Papua New Guinea — — 1 4 5 — — Air Tanzania Tanzania — — 1 5 6 — — Airkenya Express Kenya 1 3 — — 4 — — PNG Air Papua New Guinea 4 — — — 4 — — Airworks Kenya Kenya — 2 — — 2 — — Aircraft Leasing Services Kenya 7 1 3 — 11 — — ANA Wings Japan — — — 25 25 — — Asman Airlines Kyrgyzstan — — — 3 3 1 — 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 — — Bank of Mexico Mexico — 1 — — 1 — — Berry Aviation United States — 5 — — 5 — — Bighorn Airways United States 3 2 — — 5 — — Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh — — — 5 5 2 — Blue Bird Aviation Yemen 3 1 — — 4 — — Bluebird Aviation Kenya 4 — — 4 8 — — Camair-Co Cameroon — — — 2 2 — — CemAir South Africa 1 — 2 4 7 — — Central Mountain Air Canada 4 — 6 1 11 — — Chrono Aviation Canada 2 — — — 2 — — Conair Group Canada — — — 18 18 — — Congo Airways Democratic Republic of the Congo — — — 2 2 — — ConocoPhillips United States — — — 3 3 — — Croatia Airlines Croatia — — — 3 3 — — Domestic Airlines Algeria — 4 — 4 8 — — Dynamic Aviation United States 1 — — — 1 — — Eastafrican.com Kenya 1 — 1 — 2 — — Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopia — — — 29 29 3 — Falcon Aviation Services United Arab Emirates — — — 4 4 — — Fly540 Kenya — 1 1 — 2 — — Flytec Argentina — — — 1 1 — — Government of Quebec Canada — 1 1 — 2 — — Great North Airlines Canada 1 — 1 — 2 — — Heli Malongo Airways Angola — — — 1 1 — — Hydro-Québec Canada — — 2 2 4 — — Icelandair Iceland — 3 — 3 6 — — Jambojet Kenya — — — 11 11 — — Jazz Aviation Canada — — — 35 35 — — LAM Mozambique Airlines Mozambique — — — 1 1 — — Luxair Luxembourg — — — 10 10 — — Luxwing Malta — — — 3 3 — — Maldivian Maldives — 1 5 — 6 — — Maroomba Airlines Australia 1 — 5 — 6 — — National Jet Express Australia — — — 12 12 — — Nexus Airlines Australia — — — 5 5 — — North Cariboo Air Canada — — 2 — 2 — — Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon Gabon — — 1 — 1 — — Olympic Air Greece 2 — — — 2 — — PAL Airlines Canada 2 — 3 14 19 — — PAL Aerospace Canada 5 — 1 6 — — PAL Express Philippines — — — 11 11 4 — Passion Air Ghana — — 3 2 5 — — Perimeter Aviation Canada 8 — 9 — 17 — — Petro Air Libya — — 2 — 2 — — Petroleum Air Services Egypt — — 5 — 5 — — Polar Airlines Russia — — 3 — 3 — — Porter Airlines Canada — — — 29 29 — — Prime Aviation Kazakhstan — — 1 — 1 — — QantasLink Australia — — — 41 41 — — RwandAir Rwanda — — — 2 2 — — Ryukyu Air Commuter Japan — — — 5 5 — — Safarilink Aviation Kenya 1 1 2 — 4 — — SATA Air Açores Portugal — 2 — 5 7 — — Shree Airlines Nepal — — — 7 7 — — Skippers Aviation Australia 4 — 6 — 10 — — Skytrans Australia 5 2 2 — 9 — — Skyward Express Kenya 2 1 1 2 6 — — SpiceJet India — — — 24 24 25 25 Star Perú Peru — — — 2 2 — — Summit Air Canada 3 — 2 — 5 — — Sunwest Aviation Canada — 1 2 — 3 — — TAAG Angola Airlines Angola — — — 6 6 — — Universal Air Malta 1 — — 3 4 — 2 VietJetAir Qazaqstan Kazakhstan — — — 5 5 2 — Voyageur Airways Canada 10 — 14 1 25 — — Wasaya Airways Canada 1 — 2 — 3 — — WestJet Encore Canada — — — 35 35 — — Widerøe Norway 22 4 3 18 47 — — Total 134 47 135 438 724 36 31
Former civil operators
Airline Country-100-200-300-400Total Air Alliance Canada 8 — — — 8 Air Atlantic Canada 22 — — — 22 Air Atonabee (City Express) Canada 7 — — — 7 Air BC Canada 18 — 8 — 26 Air Berlin Germany — — — 20 20 Air Dolomiti Italy — — 3 — 3 Air Nostrum Spain — — 19 — 19 Air Nova Canada 29 — 2 — 31 Air Ontario 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 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) Canada 2 — — — 2 Augsburg Airways Germany 5 2 11 10 28 Austrian Airlines (Tyrolean Airways) Austria 14 — 22 18 54 Avmax Aircraft Leasing Canada 48 19 34 1 102 Bahamasair Bahamas — — 9 — 9 Bombardier Inc. Canada 3 4 23 296 326 Buraq Air Libya — — 1 — 1 Canadian North Canada 4 — 1 — 5 Colgan Air United States — — — 32 32 CommuteAir United States — 16 6 — 22 Connect Airlines United States — — — 2 2 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 Field Aviation Company Canada 2 16 22 — 30 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 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 Medavia Malta 2 — 2 — 4 Mesa Airlines United States — 16 7 — 23 Mesaba Airlines United States 25 — — — 25 Metro Airlines United States 9 — — — 9 Nav Canada Canada 1 — — — 1 NorOntair (Air-Dale Limited) 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 Proflight Zambia Zambia — — 1 — 1 R1 Airlines Canada 21 7 7 — 35Ravn AlaskaUnited States10—1—11 Regent Airways Bangladesh — — 2 — 2 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 Canada — — — 5 5 Skyservices Limited 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 Trans Nation Airways Ethiopia — 1 — — 1 Transportes Aéreos Regionais da Bacia Amazônica Brazil — — 6 — 6 Tavaj Linhas Aéreas Brazil — 2 — — 2 Time Air 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
Air Wisconsin operating as United Express via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines Mesa Airlines operating as America West Express via a code sharing agreement with America West Airlines and later as US Airways Express via a code sharing agreement with US Airways and also as United Express via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines Colgan Air operating Q400 aircraft as Continental Connection via a code sharing agreement with Continental Airlines and later as United Express via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines CommuteAir operating as Continental Express via code sharing agreement with Continental Airlines Freedom Airlines operating as the Delta Connection via a code sharing agreement with Delta Air Lines Henson Airlines operating as US Airways Express via a code sharing agreement with US Airways Island Air (formerly operated DHC-8-100 aircraft that were subsequently removed from the fleet and now operates Q400 aircraft) Lynx Aviation operating code sharing flights with Q400 aircraft on behalf of Frontier Airlines Mesaba Airlines operating as Northwest Airlink via a code sharing agreement with Northwest Airlines Metro Airlines operating as Eastern Metro Express via a code sharing agreement with Eastern Air Lines
Coast guard, border guard and military operators Operator Country Number Model Role Ref Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard Netherlands MPA-D8 Maritime surveillance, based at Curaçao - Hato Air Base Netherlands Coastguard MPA-D8 Maritime surveillance, based at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Australian Border Force Australia -200 (6)-300 (4) Maritime surveillance "World Airliner Census". Flight International, 3–9 October 2006. Royal Australian Navy 1 -200 Hydrographic survey Royal Canadian Air Force Canada CT-142 "Gonzo" Navigational trainer 3CT-142Q "Citadel"Air Combat Systems Officers and Airborne Electronic Sensor Operators trainerGovernment of Canada,Department Of Transport -100 (3) Maritime surveillance (National Aerial Surveillance Program) on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard DHC-8M-10(X) Icelandic Coast Guard Iceland -300 MSA Maritime surveillance Japan Coast Guard Japan -300 MSA Maritime surveillance Kenya Air Force Kenya -100 Medium lift transport Mexican Navy Mexico -202 Utility transport Swedish Coast Guard Sweden -300 MSA Maritime surveillance Home Office United Kingdom -315 ISR Maritime patrol / Surveillance aircraft https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/home-office-aircraft-conducts-overnight-channel-patrol/ United States Air Force E-9A Widget Surveillance aircraft United States Army 13 RO-6A Surveillance aircraft 2 C-147A Parachute drop aircraft -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 of water in this role compared to De Havilland Canada's CL-415 dedicated water bomber which can drop . 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.