Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989)
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| Founded | January 1, 1948 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | February 20, 1948 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | August 5, 1989 (merged into USAir) | ||||||
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| Subsidiaries | Piedmont Regional Airlines | ||||||
| Parent company | US Airways Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | One Piedmont Plaza Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Key people | William R. Howard (CEO) | ||||||
| Founder | Thomas Henry Davis | ||||||
Piedmont Airlines was a local service carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1948 until it merged with USAir in 1989. Its headquarters were at One Piedmont Plaza in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a building that is now part of Wake Forest University.
In April 1989, shortly before it merged into USAir, Piedmont had 22,000 employees. In September 1988 it flew to 95 airports from hubs in the eastern United States; its commuter and regional affiliates flew turboprop aircraft via code sharing agreements to 39 more airports.