De Havilland Dash 8-400 — specifications and route economics
De Havilland Dash 8-400 (DH8D) — up to 90 seats, MTOW 29.6 t, range 1,596 km, 2x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A. With FlightCost you can calculate any route on this type for free: fuel, airport and air navigation charges, crew, maintenance, leasing and the break-even load factor — with a source for every number.
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Specifications
Economics on Frankfurt — Vienna
Fuel burn for this type is not modelled yet — the route calculation is not available.
Lease rate and maintenance cost: estimates for ownership and upkeep
If you do not enter your own rates, the calculator uses estimates from weight and seat count. These are parametric, not operator data: each one can be replaced in the calculation.
| Lease, EUR per month | 68,822 |
| Utilisation, flight hours per month | 300 |
| Ownership per flight hour (lease ÷ hours), EUR | 229 |
| Maintenance, EUR per flight hour | 446 |
| Maintenance, EUR per cycle | 430 |
| Crew, EUR per flight hour | 437 |
| Crew, EUR per cycle | 162 |
Maintenance by year — US carriers' reports (Form 41)
Maintenance cost per block hour as reported by US carriers flying this type: direct (labour, materials, outside services) and full — with the maintenance department's overheads. Dollars of each year, not restated. 2020 stands above its neighbours: flying dropped, the fixed part of the cost stayed.
2022: direct USD 448, with overheads USD 1,111 per block hour, 1 carriers
Source: BTS, Form 41 Schedule P-5.2; analysis in the “Maintenance” research. →