PSA Airlines

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For the defunct airline, see Pacific Southwest Airlines

PSA Airlines

IATA JS	ICAO JIA	Callsign BLUE STREAK
Founded		May 1, 1980
Hubs		Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Focus cities		Pittsburgh International Airport Philadelphia International Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Frequent flyer program		Dividend Miles
Member lounge		US Airways Club
Alliance		Star Alliance
Fleet size		49
Destinations
Parent company		US Airways Group
Headquarters		Vandalia, Ohio
Key people		Keith Houk (CEO), Derek Kerr (CFO)
Website: http://www.psaairlines.com

PSA Airlines is a regional airline based in Dayton, Ohio, USA that flies under US Airways Express brand for US Airways. PSA is wholly owned by US Airways Group. PSA has crew bases in Knoxville, Tennessee, Charlotte, North Carolina and Dayton, Ohio. It has maintenance bases in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dayton, Ohio, and at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport in Akron, Ohio.

In addition to flying commuter aircraft for US Airways, PSA operates several ground stations on their behalf in the eastern United States, including the express operation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1979 as Vee Neal Airlines (named after its owner vee Neal Frey) and began operating from Latrobe, Pennsylvania. On 1 May 1980 the operation was expanded to include scheduled air services between Latrobe and Pittsburgh with a Cessna 402. The airline was renamed to Jetstream International Airlines (JIA) in December, 1983 to reflect the fact that it had just taken delivery of two Jetstream aircraft. A year later the airline moved from Latrobe to Erie, Pennsylvania. On 26 September 1985 the airline affiliated itself with Piedmont Airlines and on 1 August 1986 JIA became a wholly owned subsidiary. Following the USAir acquisition of Piedmont in November 1987, JIA began operating as Allegheny Commuter from the USAir hub in Philadelphia. On 1 July 1988 JIA became a wholly owned subsidiary of USAir and began operating in the colours of US Air Express, later US Airways Express ^[1]. On November 1, 1995 USAir renamed the recently acquired JIA to PSA in order to protect the trademark of Pacific Southwest Airlines, which was once a large carrier on the West Coast that USAir had acquired. Since the acquisition by US Airways, PSA has transitioned from a fleet of turboprop aircraft to an all-jet fleet.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

For the destinations of all US Airways Group airlines, see: US Airways destinations.

[edit] Fleet

Fleet data as of August 2006 ^[2] :

**PSA Airlines**
Type	Number	Seats	Orders/Options
Bombardier CRJ-200LR	35	50	1
Bombardier CRJ-700ER	14	70	24

In November 2006, PSA Airlines average fleet age is 2.5 years old ^[3]

[edit] External links

PSA Airlines

[edit] References

^ Flight International 12-18 April 2005
^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
^ PSA Airlines Fleet Age

v • d • e Members of the US Airways Group
America West Airlines • America West Express • Piedmont Airlines • PSA Airlines • US Airways • US Airways Express • America West Holdings Corporation

v • d • e

US Airways Express Carriers

Air Midwest · Air Wisconsin · Chautauqua Airlines · Colgan Air · Mesa Airlines · Piedmont Airlines · PSA Airlines · Republic Airlines · Trans States Airlines
Former carriers: CCAir · CommutAir · Crown Airways · FloridaGulf Airlines · Jet Express · Liberty Express Airlines · Midway Airlines · Paradise Island Airlines · Potomac Air · Ransome Airlines · Shuttle America · Southern Jersey Airways · States West Airlines

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