The Q400 is the latest, largest and fastest version of the Dash 8; however, this feeder service to Denver for Frontier was subsequently discontinued.
Bombardier Dash 8, a series of twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliners
America West Airlines served Flagstaff as well with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 as a feeder for the America West hub in Phoenix.
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The Q400, with 76 seats, is the latest, largest and fastest member of the Dash 8 family.
Currently, the largest aircraft to serve Tortola is the 50 passenger seat de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 DHC-8-300 turboprop aircraft operated by Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT).
Bombardier Dash 8 | Damon Dash | Dash 8 | Mike Dash | Dash Mihok | Channel Dash | Dash Chisako | 40-yard dash | Julie Dash | Deborah Dash Moore | Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash | Boulder Dash | Oldsmobile Curved Dash | Houston Dash | de Havilland Canada Dash 7 | Dash and Lilly | DASH | Dash | Samuel Dash | Ranjan Dash | ISCARS Dash Touring Series | Goody's Dash Series | Flash and Dash | Dine and dash | Dash (spaniel) | Dash Rip Rock | Dash Kappei |
The airport is serviced twice daily by Virgin Australia who utilise 104-seat Embraer 190s to Sydney-they are the only airline to operate jet services to the airport; QantasLink who utilise a combination of 50 seat Dash 8-300s and 74 seat Dash 8-400s to Sydney; Regional Express (REX) who utilise 36 seat Saab 340s on services to Sydney and Melbourne and Brindabella Airlines who utilise 19 seat Metroliners to Canberra.
As of March 2008, QantasLink was scheduled to operate about 38 return services per week (i.e. about 76 aircraft movements) between Gladstone and Brisbane using Dash 8 aircraft with seating from 50 to 74 passengers.
The Dash 8 300 series was purchased by the airway specifically for the transportation of personal from Thunder Bay to the mine.
Over the next 20 years Time Air's fleet progressed from the 20-passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, to the 30-passenger Short 330 and 36-passenger Short 360 (both known as the "Flying Boxcar" for their boxy shape) and then to the de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 before standardising with the Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8.
The airport averages 65 QantasLink flights each week, most of these are Dash-8 Q400 aircraft.
The commencement of Skytrans Dash-8 services on the Western Route via Toowoomba has assisted to demonstrate the effectiveness of regional turbo-prop aircraft operating directly in Toowoomba with a low noise footprint.
Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, engine collection, dash 8 cutaway on display (see photo above)