page_title: List of Bombardier Dash 8 operators
section_title: Civil operators
hierarchical_section_title: List of Bombardier Dash 8 operators / Civil operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Songwe Airport
context_page_description: 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 to 90 passengers. Only the larger DHC-8-400 model remains in production at the present time. The following lists both former and current operators.
context_section_description: A total of 143 Dash 8 Series 100 aircraft were in airline service with 35 operators as of July 2018.
  A total of 42 Dash 8 Series 200 aircraft were in commercial service with 16 operators as of July 2018.
  A total of 151 Dash 8 Series 300 aircraft were in airline service, with 32 operators as of July 2018.
  A total of 508 DHC-8-400 aircraft are in airline service, with 56 orders as of July 2018.
  Major Dash 8 operators include:
  Some 21 other airlines operate fewer than three Dash 8 Series 100s. Some three other airlines operate fewer than two Dash 8 Series 200s. Some 11 other airlines operate smaller numbers of Dash 8 Series 300. Some 17 other airlines operate smaller numbers of Dash 8 Series 400.
  In February 2007, Pinnacle Airlines Corporation announced an order for 15 Q400s on behalf of its recently acquired subsidiary, Colgan Air. The aircraft will be operated in a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, under the Continental Connection banner out of their Newark, New Jersey hub.
caption: Air Tanzania DHC-8-300 at Songwe Airport in Mbeya.
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