Flying the DASH 8-400 with AIR CANADA EXPRESS! Calgary to Regina (4K)

The Dash 8-400 is easily the most popular regional airliner in Canada, but I haven't actually flown on it with Air Canada Express - until now!
Here's the story of what turned out to be quite an interesting flight from Calgary to Regina.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Jazz Aviation (JZA/QK)
Aircraft: De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 (DH8D)
Flight Number: AC8434
Seat: 1A
Livery: New (2017)
Engines: 2x Pratt and Whitney Canada PW150A
Registration: C-GSJZ
Route: Calgary (YYC) - Regina (YQR)
Callsign: JAZZ 434
Runway used: 29 (YYC) - 31 (YQR)
Date filmed: August 2021
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: • Nyhtian - Take Flight ...
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[@macscotsman51]

I used to be a flight attendant. Most passengers don’t realize the real reason the passenger ( & crew ) count must be perfect. In case of a crash in helps to know exactly how many to look for. Just say’n.

[@panama-canada]

Nobody cares! Lawyers at the airline are the only ones that worry about it. Passings carry about getting to their destination on time and their luggage to be flying with them. That’s it!

[@LacyFatty]

100th like

[@Realfrenchie]

120th...lol It is true!

[@Treetopflyer777]

I flew for Jazz for over 10 years. Loved it. It’s actually an excellent company. Treated me very well.

[@ahmedshakeel5112]

Did you fly for Air Canada (not the regional carrier)?

[@johndornoff]

Usally the only time I have connecting gates next to each other is when I have like a three hour layover. If the connection very tight it is usually at one of the big airports (Chicago O'Hare, Minneapolis, Atlanta, etc) and you have to run from one side of the airport to other.

[@jacksonkuster3805]

This happened to me recently in Chicago where I had a 2:45 layover and arrived on gate H7 and departed from H5, then coming home our flight was delayed and we had to speed walk our way across multiple terminals and the connector train in under an hour!

[@mattlantzy5093]

0:40..."normal people" 🤣🤣 totally feel that

[@gmitchellfamily]

Not enough love for turboprops in the world, highest bypass ratio ever! 😆

[@masterseems8005]

For all the people sniggering about the name "Regina", it is Latin for Queen. Queen Elizabeth signs her name, "Elizabeth R" (Elizabeth, Queen). The male version is "Rex".

[@Perich29]

Air plane Bridge to propeller plane? What a scream 1:10 I can't resist that part.

[@ChrisCrawf]

Viewing from Regina

[@deetjay1]

Like a scene from the movie and don't call me Shirley!

[@ethancampbell6076]

4:53 Gonna love that turboprop spoil up

[@jcbaily5559]

I do love your music and how interesting that the crew for your connecting flight was on this flight, at least you could walk along with the crew!

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Fly safe always.

[@margaretroselle8610]

Super …….thanks again.

[@andersdrakkar]

I used to work at YYC airport until very recently. One thing that many passengers don’t know is the number of flights that have a gate change every day… some flights have a double gate change and that is not transmitted to the passenger in any way and some lose their flights because of it. That happens mostly to the main airline that is based here.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Love the channel Alex! From one KZbinr to another keep it up man!

[@rscott2247]

I remember a few years back taking an A/C Dash Q400 out of Fort Mac. We had to climb a staircase to get into the plane. I enjoyed it and the flight to Edm.

[@torontovolger3836]

Regina now has a Maple Leaf lounge very small one but they have it now

[@bobelliott2748]

I love the Dash 8. Flew many times from Cranbrook or Calgary to Vancouver, Victoria or Nanaimo return. Uncomfortable seats but the flights were short. I absolutely love the high wing...easily makes up for the seat discomfort. Love this plane.

[@sofierylala]

Hello from Cranbrook, UK! I am flying the Dash 8 for the first time ever, from Boston to Halifax next month. Looking forward to trying it!

[@mapleleafaviation304]

Regina Airport looks beautiful! I can really tell that the smallest Canadian Airports have pretty features!

[@logandoll6407]

unlike the rest of the city 💀

[@CPKFC9375]

@@logandoll6407 YQR Is my local airport. I live in harbor landing

[@Polarisuma]

@@logandoll6407as a regina citizen i can tell you. It sucks.

[@andredelport1052]

Really weird to see the prop almost 'stop' as the pilot throttled back after take off and it synchronised with your camera speed.

[@Gene601]

Very good review. I'll be flying on this route in a few days. Thanks for sharing.

[@voyfan99]

I don't care if it's a simple Dash 8 or a Dreamliner. I'll always tune into your videos Alex!

[@petterin1]

A great report again! Thank you!

[@CraZy291]

Great trip report Alex. Very enjoyable narration too from you.

[@Benjamin_Rowley78]

I stick with driving to Regina 😄

[@Qataria-764]

Hey Alex! first off, so delighted and happy to see a new trip report! Been a long time. I hope u will resume your travels and thus bring us more new videos. Secondly, as always, a very awesome video. Some interesting things happened; though I wonder how the Edmonton passengers made it onboard a Regina flight --- lols!! but very glad it all worked out and u made your connection. Thanks again man and welcome back! Cheers!

[@truenoae8689]

Its so smooth and quiet

[@flyguy905]

shoutout Regina

[@koosvanzyl2605]

I flew quite often between Johannesburg and Bloemfontein (South Africa) on the old Q300 and later the Q400. Was quite enjoyable . The CRJ was also sometimes employed on that route and I sometimes flew with that as well.

[@RafaySaleemVlogs]

The legroom must've been fun . . . 🤣

[@railfanningstuff8333]

Dash 8 is a buzz bomb

[@crossXwind]

Nice to see you come to my home airport even if it’s for the shortest connection ever.

[@pilot4701]

Hey I fly that aircraft all the time. Jazz FO here based out of YYC.

[@karlossargeant3872]

I will love to fly on a Dash 8 Q400 for sure.

[@nicat26]

“… 60-some passengers just trying to go to Saskatchewan (for some reason).” ☠️☠️☠️

[@danwardlaw2160]

Hey, it's the only rectangular province we have... Let's make more fun of the straight angles.

[@matthewdehavilandkay8449]

4:53 ENGINE ROAR!

[@lindasherman9921]

🛫Anyone who flies a lot has a few "flight from hell" stories like this. Thanks for sharing yours, Alex.🛬

[@Jil1A]

Interesting to see the Q400 taxying on a single engine.

[@YLC7810]

I flew on a Q400 when I was 6,and well it’s was nice,I was sitting alone got a good view of the engine! And I love planes that was a jackpot flight: YYC-YEG my hometown of Edmonton

[@amtrakharry]

Well that was interesting Alex. The joys of traveling... :):):)

[@evilsmartdude1692]

the shortest connection ive ever had was when we were on the same plane is the same gate

[@Coltrain78]

Always enjoy your trip reports Alex. I have to say that since this summer I have found YYC in particular a hellish place for connecting and i really don’t think Westjet or AirCanada are ready for us all to be come back yet, my flights to Penticton and Puerto Vallarta and back were all delayed, without food or subject to multiple gate changes. Nice to see you showing us an unfiltered situation much like I have experienced this year.

[@star43able]

you think 1 hour 30 min delay is bad, while my flight in a dash 8 300 from Toronto was delayed twice supposed to fly at 9:20am left at like 1:10PM

[@deerrain]

Third Viewer Nice video Alex!

[@naturallyherb]

Really awesome! I got to fly on the FlyJSim Q400 on X-Plane 11 today, it works just like the real aircraft!

[@ZenWithKen]

Even when I go to Regina on purpose, I don't want to go to Regina, lol. Thanks for sharing!

[@CPKFC9375]

Ok

[@ottawaemergencyvideography]

I love the music that you put at the start of the video

[@gmitchellfamily]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHS3haqHlJdpb8U - full version is even better!

[@panama-canada]

That’s air Canada for you.

[@village_mayor]

I can see all the lemmings (like in the 1980s classic game) going from gate to gate to gate. Probably not funny then, but a great story to share. One thing to note is I didn't get the overly salted pretzels on my AC Halifax to Toronto flight last week!

[@marsgal42]

At my home base (Kamloops CYKA) I dodge lots of Q400s. 😀 A couple of years ago I spent a weekend in Regina to check the place out. I liked it, despite it feeling like Edmonton's Mini Me. I was planning to leave Vancouver and had a list of towns that looked promising. The top two on my list were Kamloops and Regina.

[@vladthejetguy2773]

Actually , Alex, all rows 1-3 offerer extra leg room

[@RobEJC]

Love those PW Canada PT6's ... reliable and versatile ... you could strap those onto a tube and get yourself into space, I bet!

[@happycanayjian1582]

The Q400 has PW150s which are much bigger and more powerful than PT6s…

[@jsmith1746]

I know it is being a bit pedantic, but there is a big difference between knee room and leg room. I hate bulkhead seats because while they have an abundance on knee room, there is absolutely no room to stretch your leg out. Last time I got a bulkhead seat, it was on a five hour flight. Due to turbulence, we had to remain seated most of the flight. Five hours without being able to straighten my legs out left me with some awful leg cramps. Give me a 30 inch pitch and floorspace underneath the seat in front of me any day.

[@baudmarjorie2729]

super video

[@wilfstor3078]

You should try Toronto City to Montreal. The short runway at YTZ makes the landings sometimes brutal with how hard they brake.

[@zacktong8105]

Wow, Regina to Montreal in a Dash 8 is a pretty long haul for a prop jet!

[@davisbyer4791]

His leg to YUL was on a CRJ900

[@bobbyo4955]

"Prop jet"

[@barontaylor7139]

The CRJ 900 was from Saskatoon and headed back to Montreal

[@acemartin2019]

@@barontaylor7139 Can confirm, I'm a CSA here in Regina, Flight route for the aircraft was YUL-YXE-YQR-YUL. Unfortunately we don't have that route anymore with the new winter schedule

[@georgioantoine4194]

Should have moved over to the next seat.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

One day when I was flying from Vancouver to Kamloops, a similar miscommunication occurred that sent me and my great aunt to a different gate…only for us to be sent back to the original gate

[@mrmagic5640]

Wow I'm from regina, cool video alex!

[@derrick021]

so, how's life ? in re gina

[@mrmagic5640]

@@derrick021 i dont even consider living here “life”

[@canadianaviator]

@@mrmagic5640 why do you live in Regina???

[@CPKFC9375]

@@canadianaviator umm so u don't want me to live here to?

[@ChasetheG]

First viewer.

[@HuckThis1971]

Love the Q400. My favorite is the Beaver of course. Happy Longview took over all DeHavilland and CL 415 aircraft. It prevented an Avro Arrow.

[@truenoae8689]

Why what happened? Was Bombardier going to cancel? Seems foolish from them since the Q400 is a golden goose product

[@martinblanco8067]

Will you upload the trip report to montreal? That’d be nice

[@CaptravelsAviation]

Second Comment!

[@skbenergy]

is always been a dream of mines to fly on the Q400 :) !!!

[@andreforcier97]

Last time that happened to me, I was travelling with my late Dad who was 89 at the time. The only difference, it was here in YYZ travelling to YQY and add a 3rd change to it🤪. My Dad hadn’t flown in more then 20 years, but thankfully there was an electric golf-cart people mover around the last two times. Otherwise I think he would have said “f**k it, I’m going back home” 😉

[@andreforcier97]

Alex, someone is using your profile pic, I’m assuming, without your permission! 👆

[@rednightfire2655]

The way Regina sounds in english made me laugh for some reason. Sorry for being immature lol

[@MSRTA_Productions]

Stooooop 🤣💀

[@davisbyer4791]

It's the city that rhymes with fun!

[@happycanayjian1582]

@@davisbyer4791 ….and is anything but….

[@citibear57]

@@happycanayjian1582 Have you ever spent time in Regina? I bet not.

[@happycanayjian1582]

@@citibear57 Why would you assume I haven’t? That’s idiotic.

[@FitriShukri]

Never flew in a Dash 8 Q400 before... would love to, they look awesome... here in Southeast Asia its ATR72 territory as far as turboprops are concern

[@AustinSersen]

"We'd like to make sure that everybody in this plane would like to go to Regina." Best Canadian insult ever. 🤣 Also being based out of Calgary, I'm not sure I ever want to fly an Air Canada flight...they still haven't refunded me from my covid-cancelled flight, and no clear way to contact them to make it right except by phone, and I'm a millennial, so we don't use phones.

[@MSRTA_Productions]

The way he says Regina makes me think of him saying...alright I'm gonna stop right there 💀

[@davisbyer4791]

The city that rhymes with fun!

[@michaelsoars17]

@@davisbyer4791 indeed

[@danwardlaw2160]

Lived there for 9 years... Trust me that was the only thing that rhymed with Regina.

[@CPKFC9375]

It rhymes with arena

[@anishmandalika57]

If you listen closely during landing you can hear the GPWS callouts!

[@coreymcdonald7745]

That’s crazy.

[@moofey]

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed.

[@elzambranstein4816]

I’m from sask and no one will ever do a walk through of the terminals. Sask doesn’t get put on national news anyways so don’t even bother doing one. That’s how we feel in sask. No one pays attention to us

[@stanleovart]

Amazingly confusing - all the departure right from the beginning and gates mix. I am starting to be nervous at that point usually.

[@frankstone9612]

My wife and I we flew air Canada one time never again 😭

[@nlhockey286]

What type of camera do you film your flights with?

[@smallmj2886]

I would really enjoy flying a Q400....... if it had three abreast seating and 4 more inches of legroom. That would make about 50-55 seats I suppose. 78 seats is really tight.

[@marcwenger9424]

More videos of Alex connecting through non-hub airports please! (Not that I want to see you suffer :))

[@stevemclean9411]

Dash 8 schedules usually have lots of padding in them. Example: ytz to yul. Faster than YYZ Yul my jet.

[@christopherescott6787]

05:42 begin noise abatement procedure....

[@Daffyboop01]

I want to know does encore and AC express have different food options

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I booked Toronto to Baltimore with AC. It's looking like it will be a Bombardier CRJ900. I have nothing against the Bombardier per se, but I have been on one before. I was hoping for a Dash 8. The only turboprop I have ever been on was a DHC-5 Buffalo. That gate thing could have been a real issue for ppl with mobility issues. Don't get me wrong, I can go the distance, I just need more time.

[@user-gj9sn9wp1z]

Красавец

[@rlaaviation]

Was this filmed with a GoPro?

[@egpx]

OK, someone will know this, at 6:56 what are those circular ground features on the bank of the river? I've seen similar elsewhere in North America whilst flying over and often wondered what they are.

[@marsgal42]

Irrigated fields. The sprinkler system rotates around the centre.

[@egpx]

@@marsgal42 ah right, I’m not used to circular fields. Are they used for a particular crop?

[@marsgal42]

@@egpx No crop in particular, just anything that needs water and is worth enough to jstify the cost. Around here that means corn and grains like alfalfa.

[@EvanAviator]

farm

[@nlhockey286]

If you listen closely while you’re landing you can hear the GPWS callouts

[@nlhockey286]

What seat is that?

[@RabnFkh]

❤❤❤

[@swessfilms6178]

anyone hearing the gpws callouts?

[@robyoungquist5803]

Well that was a comedy of errors wasn’t it ? 🧐. Every flight can’t be perfect … we wouldn’t have travel stories to tell if they were 😉

[@BuonoBruttoCattivo77]

What's the deal with the missing paint on the turboprop? Kinda a bad look

[@user-hv7om4wc8k]

Ok. Luxair like, drinks avaliable.

[@bdhaliwal24]

Pretty comical

[@A55Hol3_Actual]

Mask on a Dash 8, Oh Canada.... 🤷🏽‍♂️ Whatever works I guess. 😆

[@owengallagher1770]

just drive to seskatewan😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FarouqJanmohamed]

At 7:58, if you listen closely, you can hear the GPWS callouts starting at 100.

[@scocou1]

Just another prime example of the typical experience at air crap aka air Canada

[@a.g.d_aviation_cars3251]

I feel bad for the pilots saying the name of the stop on the pa it sound so cringe .

[@canadianaviator]

Regina rhymes with vagina, that’s why it’s cringe?

[@lipologybychristine3233]

I absolutely hate flying. I’m trying to like it but I can’t seem to enjoy it. 😞 I’m flying in 12 days so nervous

[@johncheresna]

I have only been to the Calgary airport once since the new build. I H8 it. Poor design and you have a 15 minute walk to everywhere.

[@barontaylor7139]

They stopped these flights on January 16 2023

[@LaneHadway127]

Air Canada is broken...😅

[@matthewdehavilandkay8449]

NO COPYRIGHT!!!

[@matthewdehavilandkay8449]

Captain Kayla's Dash 8 Q400