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Piedmont
General Aviation Group's
new $1.9 million hangar/
office complex, located at
Smith Reynolds Airport in
Winston-Salem, is nearing
completion. The 27,600-
square-foot hangar (at left)
which will house from 18 to
24 aircraft will be completed
in August, and the 14,400
square feet of office space
(far right) will be ready
for occupancy in early
September.
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Florida network
at our stations as well as crew
members contacted us frequently
to tell us about the types of
service needed in the Florida
marketplace.
“In our estimation, no other
region in the country has greater
need for service than these Flori
da communities.”
James also pointed out that
Florida, now the seventh most
populous state in the nation, is ex
pected to move to fourth place in
the next few years.
"There is also no question that
our new presence in Florida will
significantly help our competitive
posture among those airlines who
compete for Florida traffic up and
down the east coast.” James added.
This major expansion will mean
a significant increase in our Flori
da payroll — well over $20 million
by next spring — and will include:
• Establishment of a crew base
of 250 pilots and flight attendants
at Miami.
• The addition of 250 reserva
tions agents at our Orlando Reser
vations Center where 106 people
are presently employed.
• The addition of more than
500 new employees at the 10 air
ports we will serve in Florida on
October 1, for a total of 1,000 new
hires on the first phase of the ex
pansion. We now have almost
500 employees in Florida.
Howard also said that the 56
flights to be added October 1 will
be the first of a three-phase ex
pansion program.
"We will significantly increase
both the number of intra-Florida
nights and the number of com
munities served by Piedmont in
Florida in mid-December and
then make another expansion in
the Spring of 1985,” Howard said.
"When our plans for October 1
are combined with our existing
intrastate flights and our plans for
December, we expect to offer close
to 100 daily intra-Florida jet
flights by December 15.”
Piedmont began service to
Florida seven years ago with a
SDF's new landside terminal
building opened June 30. The
building houses ticketing, bag
gage makeup and claim, and
passenger check-in, and in our
new facilities we have twice as
much space for passenger serv
ices as we did in the old termi
nal. The new concourse for
passenger boarding and air
craft parking will open in about
three years.
Above: Agent Don Browning
checks in a passenger
at our new ticket counter.
At right: Station Manager
Bob Smith shows off the central
section of the new terminal.
Piedmont employs 78people
at SDF, 65 station personnel
and 13 in maintenance. We
have 12 daily departures at
this airport.
nonstop flight from CHS to MIA.
Today, we are the 10th largest all
jet intrastate airline in Florida. By
the end of this year, we could be
the largest intrastate carrier.
Piedmont Aviation's subsidiary.
Aviation Supply Corp., has had
offices in Florida for more than
50 years. Presently there are
AVSCO branches in Opa Locka
near Miami, in Orlando and in
Tkmpa, with another branch in
Ft. Lauderdale scheduled to open
in late August. The wholesale
parts distributor is the nation’s
only parts supply house of
Fokker aircraft.
THEVEAROF
CHALLENGES.