PSA Airlines

PSA Airlines

IATA US ICAO JIA Callsign BLUE STREAK
Founded	1980
Hubs	Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Focus cities	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	55
Parent company	US Airways Group
Headquarters	Vandalia, Ohio
Key people	Keith Houk (CEO) Derek Kerr (CFO)
Website	http://www.psaairlines.com

PSA Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio,^[1] 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 Green, Ohio.

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 colors of US Air Express, later US Airways Express ^[2]. 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. ^[3]

Destinations

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

Fleet

Fleet data as of February 2009 ^[4] :

In February 2009, PSA Airlines average fleet age is 4.75 years old ^[5]

External links

• PSA Airlines.com

References

1. ^ "Home." PSA Airlines. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
2. ^ Flight International 12-18 April 2005
3. ^ Fleet age PSA Airlines (US Airways Express) - Airfleets
4. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
5. ^ PSA Airlines Fleet Age