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Piedmont Airlines was a local service carrier, a scheduled carrier in the United States that operated from 1948 until it merged with USAir in 1989. Its headquarters were at One Piedmont Plaza in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a building that is now part of Wake Forest University.
On a cold day in February, 1948, a small DC-3 took to the skies over Wilmington, North Carolina. From this humble beginning, Piedmont Airlines grew to become the 6th largest airline in the U.S., in terms of passengers carried, flying over 200 jet aircraft from Los Angeles to London! August 5th, 1999, marked the 10th anniversary of the merger ...
Aug 3, 2022 · Operational between 1948 and 1989, Piedmont Airlines was an American carrier with hubs at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) in Maryland and Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in North Carolina.
Started in 1961 as Henson Airlines, the airline was rebranded in 1993 to re-use the name of the 1948–1989 airline, Piedmont Airlines, one of the predecessors of today's American Airlines, to protect the trademark.
Oct 12, 2022 · This exhaustive history follows the airline from its humble beginnings at Smith-Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem, NC, to its 1989 buyout by USAir at the highest price ever commanded by a regional airline"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Piedmont Airlines (PI) formed as a division of Piedmont Aviation. Feb 20, 1948 PI makes its first scheduled flight between Wilmington, N.C. and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Aug 16, 2012 · The airline enjoyed a decades-long reputation for quality, and when it was purchased by US Airways in the late 80's, a nostalgia for Piedmont Airlines began and hasn't faded away yet.
