The British-made De Havilland DH106 1A Comet became the first scheduled passenger jet plane in 1952, but vanished from the ...

Skyward Express currently operates three Dash 8s. To date, De Havilland Canada has acquired 28 Dash 8-400 aircraft for the refurbishment programme.

By January 1951, de Havilland Canada had become an entity all of its own, creating its own designs as opposed to simply building products designed by its parent company in the United Kingdom.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has confirmed plans to sell its fleet of De Havilland Dash 8 Q300s, and is looking at “newer generation” aircraft to replace them.