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High wing twin turboprop regional airliner. Includes 400 (90 seat) and multi-mission variants. Originally manufactured by Bombardier. Acquired by De Havilland in 2019.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
De Havilland Dash 8-100 Series	1983 / 1983	2005	37 to 39 passenger, baseline variant.
De Havilland Dash 8-300 Series	1987 / 1987	2009	Stretched 50 to 56 passenger variant.
De Havilland Dash 8-200 Series	1995 / 1995	2009	Same capacity as 8-100 Series but with enhanced engine.
De Havilland Dash 8-400	1995 / 1995	2021	Further stretched airframe design. Production paused pending facility relocation.
De Havilland Dash 8 Q400	1995 / 1997		Stretched version of 8-300 Series, with Active Noise and Vibration Supression.
De Havilland Dash 8 Multi Mission Aircraft	2014 / 2014		Derived from Q400, made in partnership with L3 Technologies, Leonardo and Ultra Electronics.

Recent news

• 19/10/2023:  Press Release:  Barber-Nichols, a Graham Corporation Company, supplied critical turbomachinery components for Universal Hydrogen's fuel cell powered aircraft
• 28/09/2023:  NEWS:  GKN and P&WC collaborate on high voltage for hybrid
• 26/09/2023:  Press Release:  Universal Hydrogen kicks off flight test campaign for its hydrogen regional aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port
• 06/07/2023:  NEWS:  Space port becomes base for Universal's hydrogen adventure
• 20/06/2023:  Press Release:  RTX STEP-Tech demonstrator completes first engine run and electrical system integration test

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Operations data

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