#dash-8

A Japan Airlines (JL/JAL) Airbus A350 has been involved in a serious accident at Tokyo Haneda Airport on the evening of Tuesday, January 02, 2024. The aircraft collided with a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q operated by the Japan Coast Guard on the runway at 17:47 local time. 

A significant fire subsequently took hold, with video footage of the firefighting efforts being shared widely around online and traditional media channels. 

The accident marks the first hull loss of an Airbus A350 aircraft. 

De Havilland’s Dubai achievement

De Havilland came out of the Dubai airshow a powerhouse. The OEM has deals for up to 37 aircraft, which is remarkable that their aircraft has only been trading under this management team for a few months. Under Bombardier the Q400, as it was formerly known, looked increasingly like a dud.

What happened?

Their aircraft, back to its former name, Dash 8-400 announcements are from two lessors who…

The Dash-8 Last Flight

Piedmont Airlines is officially retiring the last of the Dash 8-100 fleet. Wednesday July 4th, 2018 it will make its final flight from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Salisbury -Wicomico Regional Airport.

In December 2017 flights to & from Philadelphia Airport were transitioned to the Embraer 145 jet plane.

We applaud Piedmont/America Airlines for transitioning their fleet to modern…

Come Fly With Me

I fly quite regularly. From single engine flights over my home town to long haul flights all over the world. I can’t say I enjoy it all that much, I travel economy class so most often I don’t even have a window seat and I’m crammed in and uncomfortable like everyone else. Just recently though, I flew from Birmingham to Inverness for business reasons. It was still economy class as it was a tiny…

De Havilland Canada DHC- 8-102 - QANTAS New Zealand

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Bombardier DHC-8-402Q (Q400) QantasLink (Sunstate)

VH-QOA - “Gladstone”

Built in 2005 and ordered new by Qantas this bird arrived in 2006 as the first of seven to be ordered by the airline. It is still currently in the Qantaslink / Sunstate fleet.