De Havilland Canada will offer SpaceX Starlink in‑flight broadband for Dash 8‑400s worldwide, as a factory option through its OEM Refurbishment Program and as an aftermarket retrofit for in‑service aircraft. The announcement promises to expand satellite Wi‑Fi availability across regional turboprop operators.
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De Havilland’s OEM-level offer and retrofit pathway accelerate certified, factory-supported Starlink installations on regional turboprops, following other OEM retrofit efforts such as Embraer’s first Praetor 500 Starlink installation and OEM fits like Textron adding Starlink to Cessna Caravan and Citation models.
The move expands Starlink’s commercial footprint into regional fleets and complements large-carrier rollouts — a trend visible in recent widebody deployments such as Qatar Airways’ fleetwide Starlink installations and broader carrier interest captured in reporting that airlines are betting on Starlink to transform IFC.
Availability on Dash 8‑400s changes the inflight connectivity competitive landscape for LEO providers and IFC vendors; compare this with rival moves such as JetBlue selecting Project Kuiper for inflight Wi‑Fi, and it creates additional retrofit demand for MROs handling installations.
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• Seth Miller