De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400

摘要

It was in November 2018 that Longview Aviation Capital, parent company to Viking Air, agreed to acquire the Q400 programme from Bombardier (plus the certificates for all the other Dash 8 models). The deal also included rights to the De Havilland name and Longview decided to put it to use. Once the deal was finalised, 1,200 people transferred from Bombardier to De Havilland Canada on 1 June 2019 and the aircraft was rebranded the Dash 8-400. Manufacturing continues at the Downsview facility in Toronto. However, a move from there is planned, because Bombardier sold the site before the Longview deal. De Havilland Canada says it has just over three years left at the facility.