Piedmont Air Service

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Piedmont Air Service, often referred to as Piedmont A/S or just Piedmont, is a low-cost airline operating in the United States headquartered at Charlotte, North Carolina. The airline operates sixteen daily flights from two operating bases to five domestic destinations.

History
Piedmont Air Service was established on 25 December 2000 by Thom K Henson. Flight operations commenced on 21 January 2001 using a Boeing 717-200.

Destinations
Piedmont Air Service flies to five year-round domestic destinations from its two operating bases.

Operating Bases

 * Charlotte, North Carolina
 * Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina

Fleet
Piedmont Air Service operates three Boeing 717-200. It has twenty-nine orders and twenty-four options for Boeing 717-200s and Boeing 737-800s.

Piedmont operates Repair, Maintenance and Reconfiguration (RMR) operations at the Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh–Durham airports.

Economy
Piedmont Air Service's Economy product is found on all aircraft. Seats feature 18 inches (45 ¾ cm) of width and 32 inches (81 ¼ cm) of pitch.

Economy passengers receive complimentary food and drinks on all flights greater than 200 nautical miles (230 mi or 370 km) in length. Alcoholic beverages are available for purchase. Complimentary meals and alcoholic drinks are provided on flights longer than 1,500 nautical miles (1,726 mi or 2,778 km) in length. Seats feature charging ports and in-flight entertainment screens.

Economy+
Economy+ is Piedmont's premium economy product. Similar to standard Economy, it is offered on all aircraft. Compared to standard Economy seats, Economy+ seats feature greater pitch and an extra half-inch of seat width. Amenities include complimentary food and alcoholic drinks on all flights greater than 200 nautical miles (230 mi or 370 km) in length as well, complimentary meals on all flights longer than 1,500 nautical miles (1,726 mi or 2,778 km) in length, in-seat charging ports and in-flight entertainment.

Premium
Premium is Piedmont's planned business class product, and is expected to be available on widebody Boeing 777-300ERs.

Passenger Experience
Piedmont permits two complimentary checked bags per passenger and complimentary flight changes within ten minutes to boarding. In the event of a cancellation, passengers are refunded an extra ten per cent through a travel credit.

To speed up boarding, Piedmont does not operate boarding groups. Instead, it splits passengers into Economy+ and Economy groups, and then allocates seats based on a first-come first-serve basis.

Ownership And Structure
Piedmont Air Service was founded and is owned by Thom K Henson.

Headquarters
Piedmont Air Service is headquartered 3730 Glen Lake, Charlotte, North Carolina, near Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Piedmont utilises 33,402ft² (3,103m²) of space on the second and third floors.

Logo And Aircraft Livery
Piedmont's logo was designed by Thom K Henson. It's livery features a white fuselage with the company's name in blue and red lettering, a blue stripe across the fuselage, a grey stripe under the fuselage, light grey engines and the Piedmont aircraft logo on the tail.

Piedmont was the first US airline to use a non-hexavalent chromium material to pre-treat its aircraft. This replaces other hazardous chemicals used to aid in paint adhesion and resistance to corrosion while also reducing water usage by 60% and time usage by 8%.

Worker Relations
The Allied Pilots Association and Association of Professional Flight Attendants represents Piedmont's pilots and flight attendants respectively. Fleet service agents, mechanics and ground workers are represented by the Transport Workers Union-International Association of Machinists alliance.