PSA Airlines relocates HQ from Dayton to Charlotte

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PSA Airlines relocates HQ from Dayton to Charlotte

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Dion Flannery President and CEO of PSA Airlines | PSA Airlines Website

By Sky Industry News

Jun 28, 2025

PSA Airlines is relocating its headquarters from Dayton, Ohio, to Charlotte, North Carolina. This move will involve transferring over 100 employees and is expected to be completed by March 2026. The regional air carrier plans to hire approximately 200 new team members as it transitions into a larger facility.

In a statement from January, PSA Airlines announced that the new headquarters would accommodate around 400 employees and open in January 2026. The airline hires nearly 1,200 team members annually and anticipates expanding its workforce in response to increasing demand.

Despite the relocation of its headquarters, PSA Airlines will maintain operations in Dayton. The airline serves about 21,000 travelers daily on 180 departures from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). It operates under the American Eagle brand as a subsidiary of American Airlines.

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Dion Flannery, President and CEO of PSA Airlines, explained the decision: “We chose to relocate PSA’s headquarters to Charlotte for several important reasons, including that Charlotte is where most of our daily departures occur and almost all our training is based. Charlotte is a vibrant community and home to the world’s seventh-busiest airport. (...) We will continue to have a presence in Dayton with a maintenance hangar and crew base, including more than 550 Dayton-based team members.”

PSA Airlines operates over 750 daily flights with its fleet of Bombardier Canadair Jet (CRJ) series aircraft. The airline employs around 5,000 people and serves 71 destinations within the American Eagle network.

The move aims to support four American Airlines hubs more directly: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), and CLT itself.

Amidst this expansion news, there remains an ongoing investigation into a tragic mid-air collision involving an aircraft operated by a PSA crew. The accident involved American Airlines flight 5342 and resulted in the loss of all lives onboard both aircraft involved. An update from the National Transportation Safety Board highlighted inadequate air traffic control staffing and procedures at Washington National Airport as contributing factors.