De Havilland Canada Dash 8

De Havilland Canada Dash 8
A Jetstar Dash 8 Q300 at Auckland in 2019. The type is no longer operated by them.
Role	STOL regional turboprop airliner
National origin	Canada
Manufacturer	De Havilland Canada (Viking Air)
Designer	de Havilland Canada
First flight	June 20, 1983
Introduction	1984
Status	In production
Primary users	Qantaslink, Westjet Encore, Air New Zealand, Horizon Air
Produced	1983-Present
Number built	1,249
Unit cost	$32.2mil (Q400)
Developed from	de Havilland Canada Dash 7
Variants	-100, Q200, Q300, Q400

The De Havilland Canada Dash 8 is a family of small turboprop aircraft built by Viking Air under the name De Havilland Canada. The family of aircraft is known for having STOL capability. While originally produced by de Havilland Canada, Bombardier Aerospace took over production, after purchasing DHC from Boeing in 1992. The programme was sold off to Viking Air in late 2018 and rebranded under the name De Havilland Canada once again.

The variants -100, -200 and -300 have stopped production, leaving only the -400 in production, however Viking Air still owns the rights to the previous variants.