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Piedmont
System grows
With new
Spring schedule
On April 29, major schedule
changes will take place on the sys
tem. Three aircraft will join the
fleet, two F28s and a 727-200. Our
total number of departures will
increase from 732 to 754, and we
will fly 259,308 miles daily com
pared to the current 255,635.
New services slated for April 29
include:
• three nonstop, round-trip flights
daily from GSO to LGA and a non
stop, round trip flight from GSO to
RIC increasing the totcil number of
departures at GSO to 37. LGA's
departures will number 31 and at
RIC, we will have 21.
• one nonstop, round trip flight
between DAY and PHL, giving DAY
its 18th nonstop market. Depar
tures there will number 41 daily.
Departures at PHL will grow by one
to eight daily.
• a nonstop, round-trip flight
between RDU and MCO. Depar
tures at RDU number 23, and at
MCO, 10.
• nonstop, round trip flights from
BWl to AVL, CHO, and ILM, giving
the BWl hub 27 nonstop markets.
Daily departures at BWl will
number 55. (Including Henson, we
will have 123 daily departures.
Departures at AVL will be at 11, at
CHO we’ll have four, and at ILM, 9.
• a nonstop, round trip flight from
MIA to JAX. JAX’s departures will
number nine, and MLA will have 10.
Additional service will also begin
on April 29. Highlights include:
• a third nonstop, round-trip flight
between CRW and DCA
• a third nonstop, round-trip flight
from BWl to D'FW
• a third flight from RDU to BWl
• a third nonstop, round-trip flight
between SBN and DAY
• a third nonstop, round-trip flight
between ATL and MYR
On June 1, another 727-200 will
be put into service, increasing our
fleet size to 29 727-200s, 63 737s,
and four F28s.
DAY"s daily departures v^all grow
by five to 46 on that schedule. We
will begin nonstop, round-trip serv
ice from DAY to Kalamazoo (AZO),
add a second nonstop, round-trip
flight from DAY to PHL, and
increase nonstop, round-trip serv
ice from DAY to DFW by one to
three.
On June 1 we will offer over
30,000 seats daily from our three
hubs. At CLT, we will have 18,140
seats available, at BWl, 6,321, and
at DAY, 5,948.
On March 27 a Piedmont
B737-200 was diverted to
Havana by a hijacker. It was
the first such diversion in
Piedmont’s history. The aircraft
was returned to Miami the
same day without further
incident. All passengers and
crew were unharmed. The
Over $1,000,000! That’s how
much each of these agents in
Piedmont’s Nashville Reservations
Office sold in 1983. Their accom
plishments make them members of
Nashville’s most exclusive organi
zation, the 1983 Million Dollar
Club.
Nashville’s supervisory and
management staff recently held a
luncheon in honor of these 25 out
standing agents. Each received a
Piedmont set records in March
for the most passengers ever
boarded, the most capacity ever
offered, and the most revenue
passenger miles ever recorded in
a single month.
During the 31 days of March, we
boarded a record 1,202,999 pas
sengers, a 28.6 percent increase
over March 1983. Our available
seat miles (ASMs) rose 25.4 percent
to 921.5 million, and our revenue
passenger miles (RPMs) grew 24.5
percent to 527,3 million.
Our load factor in March was
57.23 percent compared to 57.62
percent in March 1983.
In February, we enplaned
974,686 passengers, an increase of
43.2 percent over the same month
a year earlier. ASMs totaled 848.7
ABILUONORMORE.
hijacker was taken into custody
by Cuban police.
Crew members on theflight
were: Capt. Carl Gamble:first
officer Ben A. Giffin: andflight
attendants Linda Fulton. Linda
Buchanan, and Devonne
Thomas.
certificate designating him or her a
member of the prestigious Million
Dollar Club.
Nashville’s 1983 million dollar
agents are: (front row, 1 to r) Pat
Shells, Ruth Patton, Theresa Love,
Belinda Carver, Janet Schock, Toni
Frazer, Janet Barnard, Helen
Lynch, Debi Spann, Linda Hum
phrey, Cathy Carpenter, and
Michael Sexton; (back row, 1 to r)
Gail Nolan, Mikie Evans, Hazel
million, a 34.2 percent increase,
and RPMs reached 424 million, up
36.9 percent compared to 48.97
percent.
For the first quarter, we boarded
3,159,948 passengers, a 34.2 per
cent increase over the first quarter
of 1983. RPMs grew 28.7 percent to
1.4 billion and ASMs rose 28.6 per
cent to 2.7 billion. The load factor
for the first quarter was 51.80 per
cent compared to 51.75 percent in
1983.
In March, we also flew 39.1 per
cent more cargo ton miles than
during the same month a year ago.
We carried 1.6 million ton miles of
U.S. Mail, a 40.3 percent increase,
50,136 express ton miles, up 33
percent, and 1.5 million freight ton
miles, a 38 percent increase.
Davis honored
TH. Davis, retired chairman of
the board and Piedmont’s founder,
has been presented the Citation for
Distinguished Citizenship by the
N.C. Citizens for Business and
Industry.
"Tom Davis is esteemed through
out his state and nation as a pio
neer of commercial aviation, espe
cially in the area of regional airline
service,” the citation reads.
“Piedmont Aviation, Inc., the
company he founded and nurtured
through more than 40 years,
stands today as one of the largest
regional air carriers and one of the
most successful and most admired
of all the nation's airlines."
The presentation was made at
Parmer, Jo Ann Ratliff, Donna
Gannon, Jane Marsh, Mariljm Doz
ier, Vicki Owens, and Betty Bunce.
Diane Buch, Jonathan Lee, Brenda
Wilburn, and Bette Wiley were
unable to attend the luncheon,
Diane Buch’s 1983 sales totaled
$1,481,358, the highest of any
agent in the Nashville office.
In February, we flew 53.2 percent
more cargo ton miles than during
the same month last year. Total
cargo ton miles were 2.9 million. We
carried 1.5 million ton miles of U.S.
Mail, 43,741 express ton miles, and
1.3 million freight ton miles during
the month.
For the first quarter, cargo ton
miles grew 44 percent. U.S. Mail ton
miles rose 44.4 percent, air express
ton miles 46.4 percent, and air
freight ton miles increased 43.4
percent.
by N.C. group
the organization’s 42nd annual
meeting held in Raleigh March 14.
“In the 80-year history of North
Carolina aviation, three names
stand preeminent: Wilbur Wright,
Orville Wright and Thomas H.
Davis,” Sherwood H, Smith, Jr.,
chairman and president of Caro
lina Power & Light Co., said in
opening remarks. He also gave a
brief profile of Davis’ career, profes
sional affiliations and community
service and the awards and honors
bestowed on him through the
years.
The citation has been awarded
each year since 1950.
March traffic up for Piedmont