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Piedmont
T.H. Davis, Piedmont's founder and retired chairman of the board, was guest
recently of host William Friday (right) on “North Carolina People.”
The program aired over the nine channels of The University of North Carolina
Center for Public Television on June 24 and again on June 30.
around Piedmont
Piedmont has agreed to pur
chase three more F28 aircraft.
Two will be delivered in Decem
ber and the third next February.
We have also placed options on
five additional F28s.
These aircraft (F28-4000) will
be slightly larger than our exist
ing F28-1000 aircraft and will
seat 74 passengers. The aircraft
will have a high degree of commo
nality with our F28-1000,
however.
By the end of this month we
will have 18 F28s in our fleet with
the 19th and 20th scheduled for
delivery in August and Septem
ber. If we exercise our options,
we will eventually have a fleet of
28 F28s.
In addition to the F28s, we
have 63 737-200s, six 737-300s,
and 34 727-200s for a total of
121 aircraft in our fleet. We have
16 more 737-300s scheduled for
delivery over the next two years.
On August 1
number of departures: 938
miles flown daily: 344,530
ASMs (available seat miles):
42,537,802
number of aircraft in
scheduled service: 114
number of block hours
flown daily: 1,063
average aircraft hop;
367.3 miles
Henson Airlines, the Piedmont
Regional Airline, will add six new
flights at CLT on September 1.
Henson will begin service to New
Bern (EWN) with three nonstop,
round-trip flights daily, and to
Hilton Head (HHH), CHO, and
FAY with one nonstop, round-trip
flight to each destination each
day. These new services will in
crease Henson’s daily departures
at CLT to 17. Piedmont will have
173 flights daily at CLT on the
September 1 schedule.
On September 1, Henson will
also begin service to Bridgeport,
CN (BDR) with nonstop, round-
trip flights to BWl and White
Plains. Our regional carrier will
also add five nonstop, round-trip
flights to BWI from White Plains
(HPN). On the new fall schedule,
Henson will have over 80 daily
departures at BWl.
* * *
Our Frequent Flyers can now
earn mileage credits for staying at
Radisson Hotels.
Effective July 1, members of
Piedmont’s Frequent Flyer Bonus
Program are receiving mileage
credits at all Radisson Hotels in
the continental United States in
addition to earning credits for
staying at Stouffer Hotels, for in
ternational travel on British Air
ways, and for renting automobiles
from Hertz.
“With both the Radisson and
Stouffer hotels tied into our pro
gram, we believe we have two of
the finest hotel chains available
for our frequent flyers,” Allen
White, manager-frequent traveler
marketing, said.
The Radisson Hotel is head
quartered in Minneapolis, so the
kickoff for the new frequent flyer
benefit was linked to our startup
of service at MSP on July 1.
“Our program is exceeding all
expectations,” White added,
“and customer acceptance has
been excellent.”
♦ ♦ ♦
Over 10,000 people are now
members of Piedmont’s Presiden
tial Suite. We now have Suites in
eight locations — ATL, BWl, CLT,
DAY, DCA, DFW, GSO, and RDU.
At BOS and LAX, members may
use American’s Admiral’s Clubs.
« ♦ *
Piedmont is participating in
AT&T’s frequent telephone user
program. Opportunity Calling.
This month AT&T’s summer
catalog is being mailed to 22 mil
lion long-distance subscribers. It
offers savings from eight travel
suppliers, including Piedmont,
and a variety of other companies
providing brand-name consumer
goods.
The program is similar to an
airline frequent flyer program in
that telephone users accumulate
credits based on the volume of
their long-distance calls. The
credits are then used for dis
counts from participating
suppliers.
Each month, subscribers who
make $15 or more in AT&T long
distance calls earn one Opportu
nity Credit for every dollar of call
ing — up to 300 credits a month.
Every three months, subscribers
receive a new savings statement
(and a new catalog) showing the
credits earned since the last state
ment. The subscriber can then
order a savings certificate for a
particular item in the catalog and
use this certificate at participat
ing outlets as cash toward the
purchase of a specified product
or service.
Subscribers can save $100 on
any Piedmont ticket of $400 or
more: $50 on any Piedmont ticket
of $200 or more; and $25 on any
ticket of $100 or more.
♦ ♦ ♦
Piedmont, along with American
Express, is sponsoring the Pro-Am
of the Henredon Classic at Willow
Creek Golf Course in High Point,
NC, August 5-11.
There will be a party promoting
our Frequent Flyer Bonus Pro
gram for participants and invited
guests on August 5 and a Texas
cookout August 7. Piedmont
flight attendants will be on hand
for both functions.
Over 100 women professionals
will vie for the purse of $210,000
with a first-place prize of $31,500.
*
A new shipment of “Airline of
the Year” buttons has just arrived.
If you would like to have one, ask
your supervisor to order the item
from Sales Promotions, A327.
Piedmont people
Eddie Culler, assistant vice
president of aircraft services,
GAG-INT, has been named this
year’s recipient of the General
Aviation Service Technician
Award. The award, sponsored by
the National Air Transportation
Association and Aircraft Techni
cal Publishers, was given at the
annual NATA convention held
recently in Las Vegas. Culler
received a check for $ 1,000 and
a plaque to commemorate the
event.
Culler, who began with Pied
mont in 1940 as a line service
man, has the most seniority of
any employee in the Company.
* * *
Shirley Dibley, baggage service
supervisor-TPA, is featured in the
June issue of TPA Flightlines, a
bimonthly publication for the em
ployees of Tampa International
Airport.
The story is entitled, “Someone
to Brag About,” and tells about
Dibley’s many accomplishments,
particularly since she transferred
to TPA six years ago.
“In 1982, as President of the
Tampa Bay Interline Club,
(TBIC), she boosted membership
from 150 to 450 members. Today
she’s still on the board as past
president and is just as active,”
wrote the editor.
“She’s also vice-chairman of
the Airport TVansportation As
sociation (ATA) and active in a lo
cal travel club, known as the Bon
Vivants. In addition, Dibley wants
to form a branch of the Profes
sional Women in Tt'avel (PWIT)
association because there is no
chapter in the Tkmpa area ....
With Dibley’s dedicated hard
work and great zest for life — not
to mention an interesting and
good conversationalist — TPA
and Piedmont really do have
someone to boast about.”
Dibley has been with Piedmont
28 years.
Traffic Stats
June
passengers boarded* 1,728,838
revenue passenger miles (RPMs)* 794.6 million
available seat miles (ASMs)* 1.2 billion
load factor* * 65.71 %
'new record for a single month
• "highest monthly load factor since April 1979
31 stations set new boarding records in June.
First six months
passengers boarded 8,706.773
revenue passenger miles (RPMs) 3.95 billion
available seat miles (ASMs) 6.84 billion
load factor 57.72%
Cargo Stats
(ton miles)
June
U.S. Mail
Air Freight
Air Express
TOTAL
First six months
U.S. Mail
Air Freight
Air Express
TOTAL
1,727,208
1,701.936
49,331
3,478,475
9,130,641
10,170,016
349,814
19.650,471
-1-39.3%
-1-46.4%
-1-23.0%
-I- 10.52 points
-1-26.9%
-1-31.7%
-1-22.5%
-1-4,03 points
- .2%
-h23.2%
+ 24.9%
-h 10.4%
- .4%
+ 23.9%
-1-31,0%
-I- 9,0%