Piedmont Airlines
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| Piedmont Airlines | ||
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| IATA US |
ICAO PDT |
Callsign PIEDMONT |
| Founded | 1962 | |
| Hubs | Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Philadelphia International Airport |
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| Focus cities | New York LaGuardia Airport Pittsburgh International Airport Washington National Airport |
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| Member lounge | US Airways Club | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |
| Fleet size | 55 | |
| Destinations | 49 | |
| Parent company | US Airways Group, Inc. | |
| Headquarters | Salisbury, Maryland | |
| Key people | Stephen R. Farrow (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.piedmont-airlines.net | ||
Piedmont Airlines is a regional airline operating for US Airways Express. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the US Airways Group. Headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, it conducts flight operations using De Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft along the East Coast of the United States.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
The airline was formed in 1931 by Richard Henson as Henson Aviation, a fixed base operator [1] in Hagerstown, Maryland. It began its first scheduled flights to Washington National Airport in 1962 under the Hagerstown Commuter name, later changed to Henson Airlines. Allegheny and Henson began one of the world's first code sharing arrangements in 1967, and Henson re-branded itself as an Allegheny Commuter carrier using Beechcraft 99 aircraft. Later, the airline upgraded to Shorts 330 and De Havilland Dash 7 turboprops.
In 1983, Piedmont Aviation bought Henson and re-branded the airline as "Henson, The Piedmont Regional Airline." Under Piedmont's control, the airline expanded rapidly, particularly in Florida. Both were purchased by the USAir Group in 1987 with Piedmont absorbed two years later and Henson's aircraft repainted in USAir Express livery [1].
The Piedmont name was resurrected in 1993, when USAir (now US Airways) renamed Henson to "Piedmont Airlines". This was done to protect the Piedmont brand name, which could be used by others if not exercised in trade use for a period of time. USAir continued this practice by changing the name of its two other wholly owned regional airline subsidiaries, Jetstream and Allegheny Commuter, to PSA Airlines and Allegheny Airlines, respectively. (Pacific Southwest Airlines was the name of a California-based airline merged into USAir.) In 1997, USAir was renamed US Airways, and Piedmont was likewise re-branded as a US Airways Express carrier. US Airways merged Allegheny Airlines into Piedmont in 2004.
[edit] Fleet
As of December 2006 the Piedmont Airlines fleet includes [2] :
| Type | Number | Seats |
| Bombardier Dash 8 100 | 44 | 37 |
| Bombardier Dash 8 300 | 11 | 50 |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Flight International 12-18 April 2005
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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