Dash 8-400
Regional airliner
Regional turboprop airliner seating 78 to 90 passengers. In service.
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De Havilland Aircraft of Canada
AviationCalgary, AB
Designs, manufactures, certifies and supports utility and special-mission aircraft, including the Dash 8-400, Twin Otter Classic 300-G, Canadair 515 water bomber and Sherpa, plus aftermarket programmes.
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About
Company site: dehavilland.comDesigns, manufactures, certifies and supports utility and special-mission aircraft, including the Dash 8-400, Twin Otter Classic 300-G, Canadair 515 water bomber and Sherpa, plus aftermarket programmes.
Head office at 4100 Westwinds Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta. Its own history dates the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada name to 1928. dehavilland.com
The current legal entity dates from an amalgamation completed 1 August 2024, combining De Havilland, Viking Air, Longview Aviation Services and their parent Longview Aviation Capital. dehavilland.com
States it is "100% Canadian owned" with an 80% Canadian-based supply chain. Its own pages disagree on deliveries: over 5,000 on the groundbreaking release, over 5,600 on its careers page. dehavilland.com
Broke ground in May 2026 on De Havilland Field, an aerospace campus in Wheatland County, Alberta for parts manufacturing, distribution and support. No dollar figure disclosed. dehavilland.com
Received EASA certification for the Twin Otter Classic 300-G in July 2026. dehavilland.com
Announced its Twin Otter Re-Life supplemental type certificate programmes are now available, July 2026. dehavilland.com
Runs four wholly-owned subsidiaries: Mid-Canada Mod Centre, De Havilland Parts & Aerostructures, Avionics Design Services and De Havilland Defence, incorporated in Alberta in August 2025. dehavilland.com
Transport Canada certified its CL-415 avionics upgrade in March 2026, developed with its own subsidiaries and Universal Avionics. dehavilland.com
Its careers page names Toronto, Calgary and Victoria as its operating sites - Victoria being the former Viking Air base folded in by the 2024 amalgamation. dehavilland.com
Products & Services
Company site: dehavilland.comProducts De Havilland Aircraft of Canada publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
De Havilland Canadair 515
Aerial firefighting aircraft
Next-generation amphibious aerial-firefighting aircraft in new production, building on the CL-415. Securite Civile Francaise doubled its commitment with an order for two more in June 2026.
Learn more SourceTwin Otter Classic 300-G
Utility aircraft
19-passenger STOL utility aircraft. EASA-certified as of July 2026.
Learn moreDash 8 Special Mission and Twin Otter Guardian
Special-mission aircraft
Special-mission variants of the Dash 8 and Twin Otter for maritime patrol and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance roles.
Learn moreDeployment & Services
Company site: dehavilland.comHow De Havilland Aircraft of Canada says its technology can be deployed and delivered.
Aftermarket support
Global customer support, in-service engineering, parts and the Extended Service Program PLUS for legacy Dash 8 operators, under its own type certificates.
Twin Otter Re-Life STC programmes
Life-extension modifications extending wing-box life by up to 33,000 flight hours. The STCs were acquired, then transferred and validated with Transport Canada before being added to its portfolio.
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