De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400

Existing agreement extended relating to logistics on Dash 8-400 aircraft parts.

The converted aircraft lifted off at 8:41 a.m. Pacific time and landed back after a 15-min. flight.

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Peru’s ATSA will operate South America’s first De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 cargo conversion.

Flybe has ceased trading with immediate effect, ending service on 17 regional routes which were all operated with De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s.

LOT Polish Airlines operated its final De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 flight from Gdansk to Warsaw Chopin Airport on Jan. 1.

De Havilland Aircraft has unveiled plans for a massive aircraft production and aftermarket support facility near Calgary.

Grounded regional aircraft are forcing the airline to stay conservative on capacity.

The revived UK regional carrier will face competition on about two-thirds of the routes being launched.

Zero-emissions propulsion developer ZeroAvia has selected Paine Field as the location for a flight research center to support development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.

The Bolzano-based carrier, which first launched flights in June, was temporarily grounded.

UK regional startup Flybe has taken delivery of its first De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400, with a view to operating 32 of the type.

The domestic link will connect the two Australian cities with nonstop service for the first time in four years.

“Air Canada’s new service from Toronto Island to Ottawa will conveniently link Canada’s capital directly with the center of the country’s leading business center,” Air Canada SVP Mark Galardo said.

The new route will be operated by Air Canada regional partner Jazz Aviation.

The airline is now flying to all 18 destinations it served before it was grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The oneworld alliance member is returning to a market it last served nonstop seven years ago.

Ecuatoriana Airlines is a startup that plans to revive the name of Ecuador’s former flag-carrier, which folded permanently 15 years ago.

The carrier is already the largest operator at BOI.

Austrian Airlines’ long-planned retirement of its De Havilland Dash 8-400 fleet has left the carrier with a capacity gap beneath its smallest jet aircraft, the Embraer E195, on short-haul routes.

Ecuatoriana Airlines’ maiden route will connect Ecuador’s capital Quito with Guayaquil.

Air Tanzania plans to expand its fleet by adding two Airbus A220-300 and one De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 later this year, despite suffering a massive financial loss for 2020.

ATR’s earlier hopes that regional turboprops would spearhead the recovery have yet to materialize, and management now only expects a slight upturn this year on the extremely slow sales it reported for 2020.

A fleet of 11 former Flybe De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s are due for transatlantic journeys to their new homes in North America.