section_path: History/PSA Airlines
section_name: PSA Airlines
paragraph_text: PSA Airlines
  
  In the early 1990s, the airline began to replace its namesake Jetstream aircraft, first with leased Embraer EMB 120 aircraft, and later with the purchase of Dornier 328 aircraft. Reflecting that change, USAir announced in November 1995, that it would rename Jetstream International Airlines "PSA Airlines" and move the headquarters to Vandalia, Ohio. The name change allowed USAir to protect the brand Pacific Southwest Airlines (commonly known as just PSA), which USAir had purchased at about the same time that it purchased Piedmont. USAir had already assigned the name Piedmont Airlines to Henson Airlines in 1993. By March 1996, the last Jetstream aircraft was replaced and PSA's stable of 25 Dornier 328 aircraft was the largest Dornier fleet in the world.
  
  In February 1997, USAir changed their name to US Airways, and PSA transitioned to operating under the name of US Airways Express.
  
  On August 11, 2002, US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. During the reorganization, PSA was chosen to transition to a fleet of regional jet aircraft, including the Bombardier CRJ200 and CRJ700. The last Dornier 328 was retired from the PSA fleet in September 2004.
  
  US Airways entered a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 12, 2004, and was acquired by America West Airlines in 2005 in a reverse merger.
  
  In February 2005, PSA opened its Charlotte crew base. The recently opened Philadelphia crew and maintenance bases also closed in September 2005. The Philadelphia crew base has since reopened, but maintenance is provided on-site by contract maintenance company STS Aviation Group.
  
  In January 2008, US Airways flight activity at the Pittsburgh International Airport was significantly reduced due to market condition changes. US Airways mainline employees took over the US Airways Express flight operations at the airport and PSA ceased providing ground-handling services at the airport.
  
  In 2015, after the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, PSA became part of American Airlines Group and started to operate American Eagle flights.
  
  In August 2015, PSA Airlines announced a maintenance base would be established at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
  
  In August 2016, PSA Airlines announced a new 45,000-square-foot maintenance base would be opening in late 2016 at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP).
  
  On January 29, 2025, hours before their first crash, PSA Airlines announced that it plans to move its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina from Dayton, Ohio by January 2026; most daily departures are from, and almost all training is in Charlotte. The new headquarters is to have 400 employees; all 350 Dayton headquarters staff have until the end of April 2025 to accept an invitation to move there. The airline will maintain a maintenance hangar and flight crew location in Dayton, with a total of 550 employees.